Lead Acid Battery Technology Comparison:Examine the differences in performance and cost of absorbed glass mat, gel, and flooded lead acid batteries in deep-cycle applications (marine, and RV).
AEP Dedicates First U.S. use of Stationary Sodium Sulfur Battery:
AEP'S Appalachian Power Unit to Install First U.S. Use of Commercial-Scale Energy Storage Technology: 1.2 MegaWatt sodium-sulfer battery. [requires login]
AEP'S Appalachian Power Unit to Install First U.S. Use of Commercial-Scale Energy Storage Technology: [PRNewswire]
Alternative Energy Storage: offers redox cells.
Ancient Inventions: Describes the history and operation of the Baghdad Battery - (c. 250 BC).
Army manuals: maintenance and operation for batteries and related equipment
Batteries Included: Gallery of strange, off-brand batteries
Battery (electricity): reader-changeable article at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Battery Education: discusses battery technology, uses, and technical elements, with a focus on iPods.
Battery FAQ: Gel vs. SLA, deep cycles, ratings.
Battery Knowledge Menu: Battery construction and operation topics from Engineers Edge.
Battery Review: tested small (AA) rechargeable batteries and chargers in a controlled environment.
Battery Technology Comparison: Rechargeable. Compares AA cells, a few larger batteries, and supercapacitors.
Battery Tips: Battery care and disposal information. FAQs, advertisements.
Battery University: Analyzer and charger maker offers web version of book about batteries and how to charge them.
Car and Deep Cycle Battery FAQs: Understanding batteries and how to maintain them.
Chino Battery Energy Storage Power Plant: Engineer-of-record report. Energy Citations Database entry describes the largest battery in the world. Abstract of 653 page document.
Clean Battery Technologies: Theory, research and development, and market-ready energy storage devices that improve the trend toward clean, renewable energy.
Europositron: Graph compares several battery types against newer technology.
EuroPositron: Start-up preparing to make aluminum batteries for electric vehicles.
Europositron Rechargeable Aluminum Batteries: Wiki-style entry at PureEnergySystems site.
EV World:PacifiCorp to Install Vanadium Energy Storage System: Business Wire article says PacifiCorp will Install 'VESS' flow cell which converts chemical energy into electrical energy. 250 kW - 2000 kWh (8 hour)
High Capacity Electrical Storage & Power Conditioning Units: outlines Plurions Cerium Zinc flow battery.
How Power Paper Will Work: Explains the technical concepts behind ultra-thin battery technology and how paper-thin batteries could soon be powering a variety of everyday products. From 'How Stuff Works'.
How Stuff Works: Battery: Illustrated explanation of battery function, types, and chemistry; related links. Good basic introduction to how batteries work.
Hydrogen as a Secondary Fuel: Large color photograph of the Hindenberg burning, with lecture notes on Hydrogen for Fuel Cells. Large Print, with an e-mail contact
Inexpensive Electrical Energy Storage: Introduces a new, inexpensive full flow electrolyte battery for bulk energy storage.
Large and Advanced Battery Technology and Markets: Promotes 300-page report.
Magnesium battery patents: Compares Aurbach and Matsushita designs.
Materials for Large Size Batteries and Fuel Cells: Page sells report which examines technologies and profiles companies involved. Forecasts markets.
Multimode Battery Energy Storage System For Custom Power Applications: 4 pp technical paper on system at Salt River Project. 200kW x 45 minutes.
New Technology Batteries Guide: Fundamentals of Battery Technology
Ovonic NiMH Battery Featured at EVS-17: 3,000 Miles for Only $60 Worth of Electricity
PacifiCorp to Install Vanadium Energy Storage System: 250kW, 8hr VESS redox flow regenerative fuel cell system to go into Utah in June.
Phosphate-Cathode-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries in Large-Format Applications - PowerPulse.Net: Senior Battery Engineer compares Saphion Energy Cell to others.
Powerful lithium battery: More powerful, longer-lasting lithium batteries on the horizon with Sandia-developed materials breakthrough. Silicon and graphite: a materials match made in battery heaven.
Premium Power Corporation: Energy & Power Storage Solutions, makes flow batteries for storage and power quality assurance.
Regenesys: Tennessee Valley Authority describes this technology to improve electric system reliability by using regenerative cells to store energy through a chemical process. Includes photos of the facility being built in Mississippi.
Regenesys Technologies Limited, Organization Details: Industry periodical database entry describes flow-battery maker and locates both projects.
Renewable - Rechargeable -Remarkable: Feature article from Mechanical Engineering. Flow batteries can turn intermittent wind power from a utility manager's headache to a green and reliable energy source.
RWE Group Halts Regenesys Project: TVA (USA government) announces contractor encountered a number of engineering difficulties in flow battery during scale-up
Sodium Sulfur and Lithium-Metal-Polymer Batteries Show Commercial Promise: cites 100kW x 7 hr AEP system [EERE: News]
Telepower Australia Commercialisation Page: Outside SEI in Japan, Telepower Australia has more experience and technical know-how with VRB than anyone else. Link to bibliography.
TVA to Build Power Storage Plant Storage Plant in Mississippi: USA government news release describes start of "the nation's first large-scale, battery-like power storage facility". Includes contacts.
Utility Scale Batteries: PESWiki entry from Pure Energy Systems. Includes ideas from readers.
VRB Power: Site for company marketing Vanadium Redox Battery Energy Storage Systems. Includes QuickTime walkthrough of South Africa's VRB installation.
Why do large battery packs fail early?: Resources for Design. Explains problems in batteries with many cells.