Type of Technology

  • Electrical...:

    Category of technologies using electric fields to store and restitute energy.

    • Double-Layer Capacitor:

      Category of technologies using a Helmholtz double layer to store and restitute energy

    • Superconducting Coil:

      Category of technologies using a magnetic field to store and restitute energy.

  • Electrochemical...:

    Category of technologies using a reversible electrochemical reaction to store and restitute energy.

    • Flow Batteries:

      Category of technologies that includes all type of redox flow batteries.

    • Secondary Batteries...:

      Category of technologies that includes all type of rechargeable batteries

    • Electrolyzers/Fuel Cells:

      Category of technologies that uses water electrolysis to convert electricity to hydrogen, store it, then uses fuel cells to convert the stored hydrogen back to electricity.

  • Mechanical...:

    Categories of technologies that uses kinetic or potential Energy to store and restitute energy.

    • Compressed Air:

      Category of technologies that uses adiabatic compression to store compressed air in large volume underground or underwater.

    • Flywheel:

      Category of technologies that uses a flywheel to store and restitute energy.

    • Pumped Hydro:

      Category of technologies that uses open or close loop pumped water to store and restitute energy.

  • Thermal:

    Category representing a wide variety of technologies using heat capacity and/or latent heat to store energy.