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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]
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/...
CAES Using Air Injection
A novel CAES concept. Advantages of Dry Air Injection into conventional combustion turbines. Contacts for Energy Storage and Power Corporation.
http://www.espcinc.com/CAES_AI.htm
Good Company Associates: Energy Storage
Commercial site listing several benefits of CAES technology, and benefits of energy storage with renewable energy.
http://www.goodcompanyassociates.com/subj/...
MDI Air Car
Site for the car with a compressed air engine, MDI. Low cost.
http://www.theaircar.com/
Houston company to build Ohio unit using old mine shaft
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)
http://www.nasvf.org/web/allpress.nsf/12b7...
SSS :: Power Generation :: Pumped Air Storage (SSS Clutch for CAES)
Commercial site promoting clutches used for Huntorf. Pictures of rotating machinery and a clutch. Simplified machinery arrangement diagram.
http://www.sssclutch.com/powergeneration/p...
Iowa to harness wind at compressed air power plant
Reuters story describes Warren Buffet entry into renewables, and CAES.
http://www.planetark.com/avantgo/dailynews...
Energy Challenge
Photos and links on compressed air vehicles.
http://home.versatel.nl/energy/
Compressed Air Energy Storage A Viable Alternative
article includes 3 names with e-mail addresses. (Daily University Science News)
http://unisci.com/stories/20013/0802016.ht...
Will we all be airheads one day?
Picture, spec's. Compares MDI vehicle to electric [Telegraph]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/main.j...
Compressed air converts natural gas to energy more efficiently
Energy Services Bull. story highlights CAES as a way to more efficiently convert gas to electricity.
http://www.wapa.gov/es/pubs/esb/2003/03Aug...
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]
http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/200502...
Emissions and Energy Efficiency Assessment of Baseload Wind Energy Systems
Abstract of paper describing models of systems using compressed air storage. 'efficiency . . . 5 times . . . fossil combustion'
http://pubs.acs.org/cgi-bin/abstract.cgi/e...
Wind plus compressed air equals efficient energy storage in Iowa proposal
Energy Services Bulletin story describes how wind power will be used to charge CAES.
http://www.wapa.gov/es/pubs/esb/2003/03Aug...
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.
http://www.aip.org/isns/reports/2001/025.h...
British Compressed Air Society
Open to manufacturers, distributors and end users of compressed air products and services. Includes contacts, publications, legislation, and case studies.
http://www.britishcompressedairsociety.co....
MDI Air-Car
"fan" page for Guy Negre's Cars that run on Compressed Air.
http://www.cyber-media.com/aircar/
Compressed Air Engines
Several stories regarding "air-hybrid" vehicle engines which recapture and store energy as compressed air.
http://www.greencarcongress.com/compressed...
ESPC Compressed Air Energy Storage
US company that specializes in compressed air energy storage. Includes conceptual diagrams.
http://www.espcinc.com/compress.htm#top
Ridge Energy Storage & Grid Services
Organization developing CAES projects in Matagorda and Harris Counties in Texas. Press releases, diagrams, graphs, and contacts.
http://www.ridgeenergystorage.com
Huntorf CAES: More than 20 years of Successful Operation
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.
http://www.uni-saarland.de/fak7/fze/AKE_Ar...
Compressed air energy storage and fuel economy
1996 Google groups thread from sci.energy
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&...
Compressed Air Energy Storage
USA Distributed Energy Program (Dept. of Energy) has how it works, advantages, & applications.
http://www.eere.energy.gov/de/compressed_a...
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.
http://www.acfnewsource.org/science/energy...
Compressed Air Car - Followup
Google group threads seem to start with the idea that the vehicle would use adiabatic expansion (rather than isothermal)
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&...
Advanced adiabatic compressed air energy storage – AA-CAES
Describes 4-year European project.
http://www.kth.se/forskning/pocket/project...
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)
http://www.caes.net/who.html
Compressed Air Storage - US
Business addresses and links to suppliers.
http://www.kellysearch.com/us-product-2019...
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