"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.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/blackout.htmArgonne Utilities Research: Energy Storage
Information and links for various types of advanced non-traditional energy storage. Argonne Labs (Gov).
http://www.ipd.anl.gov/energy_partners/advanced.html
California Distributed Energy Resource Guide: Energy Storage and UPS Systems
Summarizes five energy storage technologies: batteries, flywheels, superconductors, capacitors, and compressed air.
http://www.energy.ca.gov/distgen/equipment/energy_storage/energy_storage.html
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.
http://www.mnforsustain.org/trainer_t_renewable_sustain_society.htm
CLRC Energy Research Unit
Institute for systems to save or store energy, including flywheels.
http://www.eru.rl.ac.uk/
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.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/EE/power_energy_storage.html
Electricity Storage and Renewables?
T&D consultant 19 page pdf compares technologies, reasons. From the ESA.
http://www.electricitystorage.org/pubs/2002/Lisbon_May_2002_KEMA.pdf
Electricity Storage Association
"A non-profit trade association bringing electricity storage solutions to the power industry" links to a tutorial on Energy Storage Technologies
http://www.electricitystorage.org/
Energy Storage
history highlights thermal. From the U. of Rochester District Energy Library.
http://www.energy.rochester.edu/storage/
Energy Storage
technologies and applications, by Imre Gyuk. pdf slides include discharge time vs. power rating comparison of several options.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/distributedpower/pdfs/review2q01pres/doe-storageq2.pdf
Energy Storage
Page with links to pdfs on storage, and other energy issues.
http://www.ece.umr.edu/links/power/energy.htm
Energy Storage
Covers "Why is energy storage important"? Compares methods of storage. Links to details.
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/2001/ph162/l8.html
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.
http://www.energystoragecouncil.org/
Energy Storage for Power Systems, by A. Ter-Gazarian
Page at the Institute of Electrical Engineers, selling 244 page, hardback book.
http://www.iee.org/Publish/Books/Energy/index.cfm?book=EN%20006
Energy Storage Technologies Could Help U.S. Avert Blackouts
Article from Inside Energy /with Federal Lands
http://www2.bv.com/news/articles/sep03/energy_storage.htm
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.
http://www.tva.com/news/releases/julydec02/energy.htm
Energy Storage: General
Diagrams of fuel cells, compensated (constant volume) and uncompensated (constant pressure) compressed air, batteries, and pumped hydro.
http://www.nrme.qld.gov.au/energy/infosite/energy_storage.html
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.
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/1996/ph162/l10a.html
Fuel Cells, Photovoltaics, Dispersed Generation and Energy Storage
IEEE Committee show of 12 slides
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/scc21/1547/SCC21present200112.pdf
More on Energy Storage
College-level class notes include picture of pumped storage facility, comparison of energy densities, and the CAES heat problem.
http://zebu.uoregon.edu/2001/ph162/l10.html
Nuclear Energy Belongs in the Technology Museum
says nukes are less needed because energy storage allows renewables.
http://www.renewableenergyaccess.com/rea/news/story?id=19012
Physical Limits of Portable Power Storage
MIT Media Lab compares flywheels, compressed air, ultracapacitors, and fuel cells. Some may question parts of this analysis.
http://aries.www.media.mit.edu/people/aries/portable-power/power.html
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.
http://leiwww.epfl.ch/publications/lemofouet_rufer_cyphelly_barrade_grasser_store_03.pdf
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.
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=APC%261%270%275765fa42%27df4%40igc.apc.org&rnum=3
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.
http://tis.eh.doe.gov/ntgs/issuepapers/ISSUE_2.PDF
Renewable energy - Wikipedia
portion of article describes need for storage with renewable energy sources.
http://en2.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable_energy#Renewable_energy_needs_a_reliable_and_efficient_storage_system
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
http://www.solaraccess.com/news/story?storyid=4906
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.
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&
The Success of Energy Storage is All in the Timing
Compares batteries, flywheels, supercapacitors, and superconductors for seamless power. Includes figures[Electrical Construction & Maintenance]
http://ecmweb.com/ar/electric_success_energy_storage/index.htm
Wikipedia
Free encyclopedia article covers history and reasons, links to related topics.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_storage
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