What problems can commercial and industrial energy storage solve

What is energy storing process?

Here, the main energy-storing process occurs when electricity is used to compress a gas, like argon, to a high pressure, heating it up; electricity is generated when the gas is allowed to expand through a turbine generator.

How does a mechanical facility store electricity?

A different kind of mechanical facility stores electricity by using it to compress air, then stashes the air in caverns. “When the grid needs it, you release that air into an air turbine and it generates electricity again,” explains Jon Norman, president of the Canada-based company Hydrostor, which specializes in compressed-air storage.

Are lithium-ion batteries the future of electricity storage?

The fastest-growing electricity storage devices today — for grids as well as electric vehicles, phones and laptops — are lithium-ion batteries. Recent years have seen massive installations of these around the globe to help balance electricity supply and demand and, more recently, to offset daily fluctuations in solar and wind.