British Compressed Air Society: Open to manufacturers, distributors and end users of compressed air products and services. Includes contacts, publications, legislation, and case studies.
CAES Development Company - LLC: Commercial Site for "leading developer of Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) facilities". Developing Norton, Ohio for 2,700 MW. Many pages, including contacts, and McIntosh (Alabama)
CAES Using Air Injection: A novel CAES concept. Advantages of Dry Air Injection into conventional combustion turbines. Contacts for Energy Storage and Power Corporation.
Compressed Air Car - Followup: Google group threads seem to start with the idea that the vehicle would use adiabatic expansion (rather than isothermal)
Compressed air converts natural gas to energy more efficiently: Energy Services Bull. story highlights CAES as a way to more efficiently convert gas to electricity.
Compressed Air Energy Storage: USA Distributed Energy Program (Dept. of Energy) has how it works, advantages, & applications.
Compressed Air Energy Storage A Viable Alternative: article includes 3 names with e-mail addresses. (Daily University Science News)
Compressed air energy storage and fuel economy: 1996 Google groups thread from sci.energy
Compressed Air Energy Storage: Gaining Popularity: American Institute of Physics article with contact information for the (2) U. S. Plants and a National Renewable Energy Lab. scientist.
Compressed Air Engines: Several stories regarding "air-hybrid" vehicle engines which recapture and store energy as compressed air.
Compressed Air Storage - US: Business addresses and links to suppliers.
Emissions and Energy Efficiency Assessment of Baseload Wind Energy Systems: Abstract of paper describing models of systems using compressed air storage. 'efficiency . . . 5 times . . . fossil combustion'
Energy Challenge: Photos and links on compressed air vehicles.
Energy Mine: A defunct Ohio mine is turned into an energy storehouse. Osgood File (CBS radio) story about Norton, Ohio work includes contacts and links.
ESPC Compressed Air Energy Storage: US company that specializes in compressed air energy storage. Includes conceptual diagrams.
Houston company to build Ohio unit using old mine shaft: Article from Nelson Antosh of the Houston Chronicle describing 300MW units to go in near Norton, Ohio (USA). (Better than pumped hydro) 1,500 psi, 2,700MW total. (Houston Chronicle)
Huntorf CAES: More than 20 years of Successful Operation: 8 page pdf with graphs about the oldest Compressed Air plant--in Huntorf, Germany. Includes principles, technical specifications, and an email address for the solution mining institute.
Iowa to harness wind at compressed air power plant: Reuters story describes Warren Buffet entry into renewables, and CAES.
Long-winded benefits: Wind-energy systems that store energy as compressed air can be as reliable as, and cleaner than, conventional. Summary, references, and sources (Full text requires subscription) [Science News]
MDI Air Car: Site for the car with a compressed air engine, MDI. Low cost.
MDI Air-Car: "fan" page for Guy Negre's Cars that run on Compressed Air.
Ridge Energy Storage & Grid Services: Organization developing CAES projects in Matagorda and Harris Counties in Texas. Press releases, diagrams, graphs, and contacts.
Solution To Energy Woes Might Be Air: Sandia Lab's (USA Dep't of Energy) helps Haddington Ventures and Norton, Ohio. CAES history and Editor contact. [ScienceDaily]
SSS :: Power Generation :: Pumped Air Storage (SSS Clutch for CAES): Commercial site promoting clutches used for Huntorf. Pictures of rotating machinery and a clutch. Simplified machinery arrangement diagram.
Will we all be airheads one day?: Picture, spec's. Compares MDI vehicle to electric [Telegraph]
Wind plus compressed air equals efficient energy storage in Iowa proposal: Energy Services Bulletin story describes how wind power will be used to charge CAES.