The JET fusion reactor in Oxfordshire uses flywheels to provide very large pulses of electricity for short periods of time (a minute or two iirc). The reactor requires too much energy to run directly off the National Grid.
I believe some electric cars used capacitors to store regenerated electricity from breaking.
"More Ampères please Mister Woodbine." - Road to Welville
[1] - http://pia.sagepub.com/content/200/2/95.abstract
[2] - http://www.euro-fusionscipub.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/...