Describe requirements and limitations of producing and/or running particular storage technologies.

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1) Briefly (one sentence or more) describe in your words how two of the numbered technologies listed below work. Choose two different letters so that you are describing different classes of energy storage (eg mechanical and thermal).

(Batteries)
D.2. Supercapacitors
D.3. Regenerative fuel cells
(Chemical energy storage)
E.1. Chemical storage in hydrogen
E.2. Chemical storage in ammonia
E.3. Other chemical options for storage
(Mechanical energy storage)
F.1. Flywheels
F.2. Compressed air energy storage (CAES)
F.3. Pumped hydro storage
(Thermal energy storage)
G.1. Sensible heat storage in molten salts and other materials
G.2. Latent heat storage in phase change materials

2) Briefly (150-200 words total in your initial post) address one or more of these questions:

A. Describe a mechanical/ chemical process of one or two storage technologies.

B. Describe requirements and limitations of producing and/or running particular storage technologies.

Describe A or B in relation to its benefits and drawbacks as a contributor to the needs of the electrical grid.

Describe A or B in relation to their relative advantages or disadvantages as an economically viable technology.

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