Case Western Reserve University - Great Lakes Energy Institute - Energy Storage

http://energy.case.edu/conversion_storage.shtml

Cleveland, OH
J. Iwan D. Alexander
Faculty Director, Great Lakes Energy Institute
iwan.alexander@case.edu
(216)-368-6045

Daniel Scherson
Director, Ernest B. Yeager Center for Electrochemical Sciences
daniel.scherson@case.edu
(216)-368-5186

Energy storage, mobile or static, will be a large focus of the energy future. Energy storage will be an enabling technology for: future electric transportation systems, the integration of renewable energy onto the grid, a key feature of strategies for dealing with local or regional load fluctuations from coal fired power stations, and for storing unused energy from "always-on" nuclear power plants. The development of systems that will store energy so that it can be accessed rapidly, reliably and repeatedly will be a priority.

Case Western Reserve University has a well earned reputation for its energy related research in electrochemistry (particularly in the area of fuel cells) and, with the right strategic regional and national partnerships the Great Lakes Energy Institute will become an international center for energy storage research, design, technology development and storage system deployment.

Retrieved from Case Western Reserve University website on 12/31/2009.