Outline of energy storage
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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:
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[edit] Types of energy storage
- 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)
[edit] History of energy storage
- Main article: History of energy storage
[edit] General energy storage concepts
1. Using a high density magnetic field. Energy E in terms of magnetic field strength B is

where L is the inductance of the electromagnet and i is the current.
[edit] Energy storage scholars
[edit] Leaders in energy storage
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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- U.S. Dept of Energy - Energy Storage Systems Government research center on energy storage technology.
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