by | Apr 22, 2019 | Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know pumped hydroelectric storage systems generate electricity by pumping water from a low to a high reservoir, releasing the water from the higher reservoir through a hydroelectric turbine only when electricity is needed? 94% of U.S. energy storage is from...
by | Apr 22, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
DYK-Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) CAES captures and stores compressed air in an underground cavern. To create electricity, the pressurized air is heated and expanded in an expansion turbine, driving a generator. As of June 2018, there are 4 operating CAES...
by | Mar 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that ABES stores electrical energy in the form of chemical energy, which is then converted back into electricity when needed? Batteries contain two electrodes (anode and cathode), two terminals composed of different chemicals, and the electrolyte that...
by | Mar 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that in 2018, flywheels accounted for 0.058 GW of rated power in the U.S. and have efficiencies between 85-87%. FES systems store electric energy via kinetic energy by spinning a rotor in a frictionless enclosure?.. The rotor is sped up or down to shift...
by | Mar 11, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment, KEY THEMES
Did you know that PHS and CAES are large-scale technologies capable of discharge times of tens of hours but are geographically limited. Several EES technologies are in research phases, but five storage technology types are considered deployed: Pumped Hydroelectric...
by | Mar 11, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know 2.5% of delivered electric power in the U.S. is cycled through a storage facility. For comparison, 10% of delivered power in Europe and 15% of delivered power in Japan are cycled through energy storage...
