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"How Blackouts Work" from Howstuffworks
Links to "Big Blackouts in US History" and says, "the power grid . . . cannot store any power" Includes US maps.

$Windpower-Energy Storage$
17 message thread compares costs for pumped hydro, and batteries, including Vanadium Redox; in context of storage for wind or solar.

A Chemist’s Plan to Save Planet Earth
Rick Smalley says (in interview) that more money should be spent on research into energy storage. [Discover] (February 15, 2005)

Alternative Energy Storage Surprises
Senior Research Analyst writes of first-time costs, power density, and energy density. (June 4, 2001)

California Distributed Energy Resource Guide
Energy Storage and Uninterruptable Power Supply Systems. Covers batteries, flywheels, superconductors, capacitors, and compressed air.

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.

Cape Barren: Wind & Hydrogen
Tasmanian projects: wind farms, hydrogen for storage, and a redox battery. (December 8, 2004)

Distributed Energy and Energy Storage
CSIRO Energy Technology page includes lithium metal batteries, ultrabatteries, and supercapacitors. Links allow eMail to contacts for each project.

Electricity Storage and Renewables?
Transmission and Distribution consultant uses 19 pages to compare technologies and reasons. From the Energy Storage Association. [PDF] (May 30, 2002)

Electricity Storage Association
"A non-profit trade association bringing electricity storage solutions to the power industry" links to a tutorial on Energy Storage Technologies

Energy Storage
history highlights thermal. From the University of Rochester District Energy Library.

Energy Storage
Wikipedia entry covers history and reasons, has links to related topics, considers your submissions and edits.

Energy Storage
Covers "Why is energy storage important"? Compares methods of storage. Links to details.

Energy Storage
San Diego State University College of Engineering page includes equations and figures, and focuses on batteries for vehicles.

Energy storage
39-post Physics Forums discussion starts with "list all the ways energy can be stored". (January 12, 2004)

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