It’s good to see that Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is still in the news. Though it’s been around for decades, it hasn’t enjoyed successful commercialization, but perhaps that’s about to change.
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From 2GreenEnergy Intern Fabio Porcu: An Overview of Energy Storage
Energy storage consists of a series of techniques and processes that allow one to concentrate different forms of energy to be used later; thus devices that store energy are sometimes called “accumulators.” Consider for a moment the concepts of potential, …
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Compressed-Air Energy Storage
Simon Holege asks: Is compressed-air energy storage (CAES) a serious alternative to using batteries for wind farms, etc.? Under what conditions can CAES be regarded as a viable technology for large scale energy storage? I’ve been a believer in this …
“The Hedge Connection” – Bringing Together Investors (“Allocators”) with Hedge Fund Managers
When I write my column for the Hedge Connection’s blog which I call “The Cleantech Deal of the Month,” I try to do so with the sensibilities of the reader in mind. Suppose you’re an “allocator” (neologism for “skilled and trusted …
Compressed Air Energy Storage
Given that the two least expensive forms of renewable energy (solar PV and wind) are variable in nature, common sense tells us that large-scale storage of energy will be required if we are to have large rates of integration of …
Wind Energy and Compressed Air Energy Storage Represent Environmentally Friendly Baseload Power
In a discussion of one of our cleantech investment opportunities that happen to implement wind energy with compressed air energy storage, a friend writes, “compressed air as a storage medium is a commodity along with other storage mediums, so the success …
Wind and Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
One of our cleantech investors here at 2GreenEnergy has expressed a great deal of interest in playing a key role in our wind energy project that will implement CAES. When I heard that news earlier this morning, I responded: Good. …
Getting Off the Electricity Grid
Lots of folks comment on the imperative to “get off the grid,” and I certainly understand that. I’m reminded of a young man who wrote to us shortly after 2GreenEnergy opened in 2009 who was so torqued with Pacific Gas and …
New Compressed Air Energy Storage Plant Coming to California
It appears that planet Earth is on its way to its third implementation of CAES (compressed air energy storage) – one of a handful of different technologies that warehouses off-peak energy production and makes it available for times of greater …
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Strange Article on Solar Thermal and Energy Storage
I keep an eye out for articles like this that talk about concentrated solar power (CSP –aka solar thermal) and the use of energy storage to make that power dispatchable. Normally, they contemplate molten salt, as the cost of storing …
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