  We present an up-to-date review of the physics of electron acceleration in
solar noi se storms. We describe the observed characteristics of noise storm
emission, emphasi zing recent advances in imaging observations. We briefly
describe the general method ology of treating particle acceleration problems
and apply it to the specific proble m of electron acceleration in noise storms.
We dwell on the issue of the efficiency of the overall noise storm emission
process and outline open problems in this area.
