Can the electricity (charge) from a thunder cloud be stored say in huge batteries?

Question

The thunder clouds have enormous charge, is there any way we can charge huge batteries to provide us controlled electricity or backup power support. Is it possible to do it by desigining appropriate circuit?

Answer 1

The problem is that lighting releases huge amounts of energy in a short time, with currents averaging around 30,000 amps. It would be extremely difficult to control this energy and put it into a useful form.

That said, this company claims to have done just that:

http://www.alternateenergyholdings.com/alternate_energy.html

Pretty remarkable, if true.

Answer 2

I think it is possible, Scientist lunch big rockets into a thunder cloud with a long wire attached to the back of the rocket and the thunder cloud produces lighting and the wire cases the lighting to travel down it into a generator. Just look at this site.

Answer 3

Yes it's possible.
We need a large capacitor to collect the energy from the current and then release that energy with (today's technology) to storage units. In other words, we need a technology to delay the storage process. Like a reservior to hold a flash flood and then discharge the water into municipal storage tanks.
Just a thought.

Answer 4

No. I think so.
Though a lightning stroke has high magnitude of current the power content is very low. If some arrangement is made to trap the charge from cloud it may not be economical.

Answer 5

That would require some long wires to reach the clouds. You have a better chance of heating your home with the gas from your azz.

Answer 6

Not a bad thought ... indeed there are various source from where we can literally trap the energy and consume it to our own advantage. To trap and convert the energy such as these, first it must be transformed to a neutral energy protocol.