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An energy storage and distribution system provides energy from a first energy related infrastructure characterized by a first energy grid to a second energy related infrastructure characterized by a second energy grid that is substantially independent of the first energy grid. The system includes an energy storage facility that is located in substantial proximity to a common boundary of the first and second energy related infrastructures, and a first energy transport mechanism that is coupled to the first energy related infrastructure and is capable of providing energy for storage in the energy storage facility. The system also includes a second energy transport mechanism that is coupled to the energy storage facility and is capable of providing energy from the energy storage facility to the second energy related infrastructure. Each of the first and second energy grids has an electrical power generation unit and high voltage A/C transmission lines. In a method for providing energy from the first energy grid to the second energy grid, primary electrical power is generated at a base load electrical power generation facility operating in the first energy grid. The primary electrical power is then selectively transmitted to an energy storage and conversion facility situated in substantial proximity to the common boundary between the energy grids where it is converted into stored energy. Then, the stored energy is selectively converted into secondary electrical power, before being transmitted to the second energy grid.

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