Energy storage is the storing of some form of energy that can be drawn upon at a later time to perform some useful operation.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to energy storage:
Types of energy storage[edit | edit source]
- Pumped-storage hydroelectricity
- Superconducting magnetic energy storage
- flow batteries
- Conventional batteries (e.g. rechargeable electricity storage system)
- Gas holder
- Grid energy storage
- Fuel cell and hydrogen technology
- Gravitational mass
- Capacitors (e.g. rechargeable electricity storage system)
- Electromagnetic mass
- Mainspring
- Thermal energy storage
- Solar chimney
- Compressed fluids (e.g. compressed air)
- flywheels
- Vacuum storage (in rush generation technology)
History of energy storage[edit | edit source]
- Main article: History of energy storage
General energy storage concepts[edit | edit source]
1. Using a high density magnetic field. Energy in terms of magnetic field strength is
where is the inductance of the electromagnet and is the current.
Energy storage scholars[edit | edit source]
Leaders in energy storage[edit | edit source]
See also[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- U.S. Dept of Energy - Energy Storage Systems Government research center on energy storage technology.