District Cooling
District Cooling, Earthsource Cooling Operations, IEA District Heating and Cooling
Advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage ?
Describes 4-year European project.
British Compressed Air Society
Open to manufacturers, distributors and end users of compressed air products and services. Includes contacts, publications, legislation, and case studies.
CAES Development Company - LLC
Commercial Site for "leading developer of Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) facilities". Developing Norton, Ohio for 2,700 MW. Many pages, including contacts, and McIntosh (Alabama)
Compressed Air Car - Followup
Google group threads seem to start with the idea that the vehicle would use adiabatic expansion (rather than isothermal)
Compressed air converts natural gas to energy more
Energy Services Bull. story highlights CAES as a way to more efficiently convert gas to electricity.
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
Commercial site for PB Energy Storage Services, Inc. "Underground Storage and Subsurface Technologies". Shows CAES cavern flow diagram, picture of McIntosh wellhead.
Compressed Air Energy Storage A Viable Alternative
article includes 3 names with e-mail addresses. (Daily University Science News)
Compressed air energy storage and fuel economy
1996 Google groups thread from sci.energy
Compressed Air Energy Storage: Gaining Popularity
American Institute of Physics article with contact information for the (2) U. S. Plants and a National Renewable Energy Lab. scientist.
Compressed Air Storage - US
Business addresses and links to suppliers.
Dictionary of Energy
article on compressed air energy storage.
Distributed Energy Resources: Basics - Compressed
Short page with 'How it works', 'Advantages', and 'Applications'. Link to list of links.
Emissions and Energy Efficiency Assessment of Base
Abstract of paper describing models of systems using compressed air storage. 'efficiency . . . 5 times . . . fossil combustion'
Energy Mine
A defunct Ohio mine is turned into an energy storehouse. Osgood File (CBS radio) story about Norton, Ohio work includes contacts and links.
ESPC Compressed Air Energy Storage
US company that specializes in compressed air energy storage. Includes conceptual diagrams.
Good Company Associates: Energy Storage
Commercial site listing several benefits of CAES technology, and benefits of energy storage with renewable energy.
Houston company to build Ohio unit using old mine
http://www.nasvf.org/web/allpress.nsf/12b72a082f26b2e786256717005a97c0/86c0186220213de2862569da003c0
Article from Nelson Antosh of the Houston Chronicle describing 300MW units to go in near Norton, Ohio (USA). (Better than pumped hydro) 1,500 psi, 2,700MW total. (Houston Chronicle)
Huntorf CAES: More than 20 years of Successful Op
http://www.uni-saarland.de/fak7/fze/AKE_Archiv/AKE2003H/AKE2003H_Vortraege/AKE2003H03c_Crotogino_ea_
8 page pdf with graphs about the oldest Compressed Air plant--in Huntorf, Germany. Includes principles, technical specifications, and an email address for the solution mining institute.
Hybrid Plant Technology for Distributed Power Gen
12 pages show (patented) way to effiently meet the needs for small plants. Compressed Air Storage is a major component.
Iowa to harness wind at compressed air power plant
Reuters story describes Warren Buffet entry into renewables, and CAES.
Long-winded benefits
Wind-energy systems that store energy as compressed air can be as reliable as, and cleaner than, conventional. Summary, references, and sources (Full text requires subscription) [Science News]
Pricey oil could be boon for European car that run
MiniCATS by Moteur Developpement International [AP]
Ridge Energy Storage & Grid Services
Organization developing CAES projects in Matagorda and Harris Counties in Texas. Press releases, diagrams, graphs, and contacts.
Solution To Energy Woes Might Be Air
Sandia Lab's (USA Dep't of Energy) helps Haddington Ventures and Norton, Ohio. CAES history and Editor contact. [ScienceDaily]
SSS :: Power Generation :: Pumped Air Storage (SSS
Commercial site promoting clutches used for Huntorf. Pictures of rotating machinery and a clutch. Simplified machinery arrangement diagram.
Wind plus compressed air equals efficient energy s
Energy Services Bulletin story describes how wind power will be used to charge CAES.