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The document discusses different types of energy storage technologies currently in use or being developed, including pumped hydroelectric storage, compressed air energy storage, and using salt mines for renewable energy storage. Pumped hydro provides 2.5% of baseload power worldwide using hundreds of plants. Compressed air energy storage can help integrate renewable energy sources by storing compressed air underground and heating it to drive turbines when wind or solar power is unavailable. New developments aim to improve the efficiency of compressed air storage by capturing heat during compression or using molten salt or hot oil to retain heat until generation.

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Energy Storage 2

The document discusses different types of energy storage technologies currently in use or being developed, including pumped hydroelectric storage, compressed air energy storage, and using salt mines for renewable energy storage. Pumped hydro provides 2.5% of baseload power worldwide using hundreds of plants. Compressed air energy storage can help integrate renewable energy sources by storing compressed air underground and heating it to drive turbines when wind or solar power is unavailable. New developments aim to improve the efficiency of compressed air storage by capturing heat during compression or using molten salt or hot oil to retain heat until generation.

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Pumps: On the Grid

The Us has 19.5 gigawatts


capacity
2.5% of baseload
Technology is in use world
wide
Hundreds of plants around
the world
Man made reservoirs as well
as natural reservoirs

Future Of PHS
This energy storage can
be used to level the grid
for renewable energy
Wind power and solar
power are not
constantly on
Using salt mines to
increase energy density

Compressed air
energy storage (CAES)
Large tank is buried
underground
During times of low
demand electricity
compresses air
During times of peak
demand compressed air
is heated and released

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Types Of CAES
Adiabatic storage
Heat from compression is
captured and stored in a
solid or liquid
Hot Oil 3000C
Molten Salt 6000C
Heat is reincorporated
during release
Close to 100% efficiency
No utility scale plants

Diabatic storage
Heat is lost through
cooling
Natural gas is burned to
reheat compressed air
Very inefficient 38-68%
Uses 1/2 gas of an all
gas plant

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