Also: CAES, forced air
Storing electricity by pumping air into underground caverns and releasing it later through turbines.
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Budt and colleagues reviewed compressed air energy storage: basic principles, past milestones and recent developments.
As reported in: Budt, Wolf, Span et al. (2016). A review on compressed air energy storage: Basic principles, past milestones and recent developments. Applied Energy. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.108
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Luo and colleagues compared electrical storage technologies, grouped into six categories by type of energy stored, and their fit within power systems.
As reported in: Luo, Wang, Dooner et al. (2015). Overview of current development in electrical energy storage technologies and the application potential in power system operation. Applied Energy. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.09.081