Electric power plant with thermal storage medium

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A power plant uses an energy source (1) to produce electricity in a first generator. The electricity from the first generator provides heat to a solid heat storage medium (2). The solid heat storage medium (2) is a heat exchanger and water is pumped through the solid heat storage medium to receive heat in order to convert the water into steam. The steam is then used to drive a set of second generators (4) to produce electricity. In this way electricity can , be produced using heat from the heat storage medium (2) whether or not the energy source (1) is operable. For example if the energy source (1) is a wind , turbine and the wind is not traveling at sufficient velocity to produce …