{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/14188.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":14188,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Utilising the full Wind Turbine Generation to the National Grid","background":null,"additional_details":"The Goverments commitment to the E. U. to generate nearly a third of our electricity from renewable resources within the next nine years, is not going to happen, unless something is invented to combat the vagaries of the wind & the need to have gas-fired stations running on standby, should the wind drop .  One thing that would do this is a Rechageable Battery .  The largest Rechargeable Battery at present is at Fairbanks, Alaska - it will supply power to 12,000 homes for 7 minutes, it also weighs 1,300 tons . This is far too small, but one 100 times it`s capacity would be more like it, to store intermittent power & release it when required . I propose that the Government pursues this idea, with prizes & grants for practical inventions, so that the full potential of Wind Generators be realised . It should not be a penny-pinching operation, as the savings would be enormous & patentable.","committee_note":null,"state":"closed","signature_count":5,"created_at":"2011-08-22T19:44:17.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:27:06.195Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2011-08-23T09:11:10.000Z","closed_at":"2012-08-23T09:11:10.000Z","moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2011-08-22T19:44:17.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[],"signatures_by_constituency":[],"signatures_by_region":[],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}