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Reusing old oil and gas wells may offer green energy storage solution | Penn State University

Reusing old oil and gas wells may offer green energy storage solution

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Moving from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources like wind and solar will require better ways to store energy for use when the sun is not shining or the wind is not blowing. A new study by researchers at Penn State found that taking advantage of natural geothermal heat in depleted oil and gas wells can improve the efficiency of one proposed energy storage solution: compressed-air energy storage.

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