Energy is not a substance, so you can't always pinpoint an exact"location" for it. Specifically in the case of potential energy,which is what I believe what you mean when you say "stored energy",the energy is not "stored in an object"; rather, it is defined bythe RELATIONSHIP between two or more objects. For instance, if twomagnets attract one another, pulling them apart requires force;therefore, when they are separate they have more energy (potentialenergy) than when they are together. The same applies to any typeof potential energy, such as chemical energy, nuclear energy,gravitational potential energy, electrical potential energy.