Renewable Energy Engineering

Energy Storage

Explore the methods and technologies used in storing energy for future use.

Goal:

Learn how energy is stored for later use.

3Lessons

6Micro-lessons

IntermediateDifficulty

Lesson 1

Understand different battery technologies and their applications.

Start2 Micro-lessons

Micro lesson 1

Lithium-Ion Batteries

Micro lesson 2

Lead-Acid Batteries

Lesson 2

Explore how thermal energy is stored and utilized.

Start2 Micro-lessons

Micro lesson 1

Sensible Heat Storage

Micro lesson 2

Latent Heat Storage

Lesson 3

Learn about mechanical methods of storing energy.

Start2 Micro-lessons

Micro lesson 1

Pumped Hydro Storage

Micro lesson 2

Flywheel Energy Storage