Much of our work is in the area of energy storage - or electricity storage, particularly with regard to larger applications on power networks. With an increased emphasis on sustainability across the electricity spectrum, changing the way that power networks operate by using some form of electricity storage becomes a particularly attractive idea.

For general information on electrical energy storage we recommend that you visit the website of the

Electricity Storage Association
www.electricitystorage.org

The ESA website contains much useful information on all aspects of electrical energy storage.  We are proud to be members of the ESA.

For specific information on flow batteries we recommend the report by Escovale on Flow Batteries, Technologies, Applications and Markets, probably the most comprehensive market survey of flow batteries currently available.

Please see the Escovale website, or contact us and we will put you in touch with the authors:
www.escovale.com
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We now run the International Flow Battery Forum, this will be an annual meeting of the flow battery community.  See www.flowbatteryforum.com for details.

Utility Scale Energy Storage is a term which is thought to have first been used in 1998 to describe an energy storage plant of about MW scale. The term is intended to indicate a plant of the size that would have a material influence on the operation of a utility’s power network. For example, a small customer owned UPS is not significant, but a multi MW, multi MWh storage plant would influence the siting and operation of transformers. We think the first recorded use in a publication was in the paper “A novel approach to utility scale energy storage” published in the Power Engineering Journal (IEE) -- June 1999 -- Volume 13, Issue 3, p. 122-129 .

Some other publications are available in the downloads section.  If you would like further help please ask us!

The Electrical Energy Storage Map

See our map (in progress) showing who and what in electrical energy storage.