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Pumped storage for renewable energy
Pumped storage for renewable energy: Google sci.energy group discussion compares p. s. to Compressed Air E. S. and asks why the space cannot be used for nuke waste. (Storage)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=APC%261%270%275765fa42%27df4%40igc.apc.org&rnum=3 |
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The Power Delivery System of the Future
The Power Delivery System of the Future: Target in article from sample issue of the Electricity Journal describes need for storage in the transmission system. (Storage)
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VSS-4BDCC89-5&_user=10&_handle=W-WA-A-A-AW-MsSAYVW-UUW-AUDZZCWYEC-WBYYYEEYZ-AW-U&_fmt=full&_coverDate=02%2F29%2F2004&_rdoc=9&_orig=browse&_srch=%23toc%236270%232004 |
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Physical Limits of Portable Power Storage
Physical Limits of Portable Power Storage: MIT Media Lab compares flywheels, compressed air, ultracapacitors, and fuel cells. Some may question parts of this analysis. (Storage)
http://aries.www.media.mit.edu/people/aries/portable-power/power.html |
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Reliability Management and Oversight
Reliability Management and Oversight: Part of US DOE study shows (p. B-17) graph of reserve electricity prices moving between 0 and 750 dollars per MegaWatt-hour. (Storage)[PDF]
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/ntgs/issuepapers/ISSUE_2.PDF |
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Energy Storage Unit Ensures Consistent Power Supply in TVA Service Area
Energy Storage Unit Ensures Consistent Power Supply in TVA Service Area: Describes distributed superconducting magnetic energy storage (D-SMES) unit to control sags and surges in grid. Includes contacts. (Storage)
http://www.tva.com/news/releases/julydec02/energy.htm |
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Electricity Storage Association
Electricity Storage Association: "A non-profit trade association bringing electricity storage solutions to the power industry" links to a tutorial on Energy Storage Technologies (Storage)
http://www.electricitystorage.org/ |
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EERE: Power - Energy Storage
EERE: Power - Energy Storage: U. S. Department of Energy site with short summaries of compressed air energy storage, superconducting magnet E. S., flywheels, pumped hydro, Utility Battery Storage (UBS) and supercapacitors. (Storage)
http://www.eere.energy.gov/EE/power_energy_storage.html |
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Energy Storage: General
Energy Storage: General: Diagrams of fuel cells, compensated (constant volume) and uncompensated (constant pressure) compressed air, batteries, and pumped hydro. (Storage)
http://www.nrme.qld.gov.au/energy/infosite/energy_storage.html |
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Argonne Utilities Research: Energy Storage
Argonne Utilities Research: Energy Storage: Information and links for various types of advanced non-traditional energy storage. Argonne Labs (Gov). (Storage)
http://www.ipd.anl.gov/energy_partners/advanced.html |
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More on Energy Storage
More on Energy Storage: College-level class notes include picture of pumped storage facility, comparison of energy densities, and the CAES heat problem. (Storage)
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/2001/ph162/l10.html |
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Electricity Storage and Renewables?
Electricity Storage and Renewables?: T&D consultant 19 page pdf compares technologies, reasons. From the ESA. (Storage)[PDF]
http://www.electricitystorage.org/pubs/2002/Lisbon_May_2002_KEMA.pdf |
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Fuel Cells, Photovoltaics, Dispersed Generation and Energy Storage
Fuel Cells, Photovoltaics, Dispersed Generation and Energy Storage: IEEE Committee show of 12 slides (Storage)[PDF]
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/scc21/1547/SCC21present200112.pdf |
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"How Blackouts Work" from Howstuffworks
"How Blackouts Work" from Howstuffworks: Features the August 14th power failure and says, "the power grid . . . cannot store any power" Includes US maps and links to articles on other major blackouts. (Storage)
http://science.howstuffworks.com/blackout.htm |
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Energy Storage Technologies Could Help U.S. Avert Blackouts
Energy Storage Technologies Could Help U.S. Avert Blackouts: Article from Inside Energy /with Federal Lands (Storage)
http://www2.bv.com/news/articles/sep03/energy_storage.htm |
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Renewable Energy News: Blackout Highlights Solar Energy Potential
Renewable Energy News: Blackout Highlights Solar Energy Potential: Postulates hydrogen for energy storage, with photovoltaics, to prevent future blackouts. Includes before and after satellite photographs of recent northeast USA blackout. Register (free) to view full story (Storage)
http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=4906 |
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CLRC Energy Research Unit
CLRC Energy Research Unit: Institute for systems to save or store energy, including flywheels. (Storage)
http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk/ |
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Can Renewables Sustain Affluent Society?
Can Renewables Sustain Affluent Society?: Considers a few renewable energy sources, then addresses 'the storage problem'. Considers batteries, crushed rock, solar ponds, pumped hydro, hydrogen and thermochemical. (Storage)
http://www.mnforsustain.org/trainer_t_renewable_sustain_society.htm |
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Wikipedia
Wikipedia: Free encyclopedia article covers history and reasons, links to related topics. (Storage)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_storage |
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California Distributed Energy Resource Guide: Energy Storage and UPS Systems
California Distributed Energy Resource Guide: Energy Storage and UPS Systems: Summarizes five energy storage technologies: batteries, flywheels, superconductors, capacitors, and compressed air. (Storage)
http://www.energy.ca.gov/distgen/equipment/energy_storage/energy_storage.html |
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Renewable energy - Wikipedia
Renewable energy - Wikipedia: portion of article describes need for storage with renewable energy sources. (Storage)
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy#Renewable_energy_needs_a_reliable_and_efficient_storage_system |
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Principle of a hybrid Compressed Air and Supercapacitors Energy Storage system
Principle of a hybrid Compressed Air and Supercapacitors Energy Storage system: with Maximum Efficiency Point Tracking. 5-author 8-page pdf of paper describes use of s'caps to increase CAES efficiency. (Storage)
http://leiwww.epfl.ch/publications/lemofouet_rufer_cyphelly_barrade_grasser_store_03.pdf |
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Flywheels and Compressed Air
Flywheels and Compressed Air: Page from a series of lecture notes; discusses flywheels and compares them to compressed air for energy storage. Includes formulae to calculate energy stored. (Storage)
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1996/ph162/l10a.html |
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Energy Storage Council
Energy Storage Council: Group of industries and developers to advocate and facilitate the deployment of energy storage technologies. Links to pages of 6 charter members and 2 newer members. (Storage)
http://www.energystoragecouncil.org/ |
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The Success of Energy Storage is All in the Timing
The Success of Energy Storage is All in the Timing: Compares batteries, flywheels, supercapacitors, and superconductors for seamless power. Includes figures[Electrical Construction & Maintenance] (Storage)
http://ecmweb.com/ar/electric_success_energy_storage/index.htm |
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Energy Storage for Power Systems, by A. Ter-Gazarian
Energy Storage for Power Systems, by A. Ter-Gazarian: Page at the Institute of Electrical Engineers, selling 244 page, hardback book. (Storage)
http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/Energy/index.cfm?book=EN%20006 |
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Energy Storage
Energy Storage: Covers "Why is energy storage important"? Compares methods of storage. Links to details. (Storage)
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/2001/ph162/l8.html |