How Can I Calculate the Energy Requirement for a Lateral Solenoid?

[Swifters]

Sorry to bring this up again but is there any way of telling how much energy a solenoid will use for a lateral solenoid for a given length and diameter. Is there an online calculator?

I'm interested to know how much energy is lost in the form of resistance/heat as my understanding of how they work is that they are basically a dead short in a coil? If you increase the diameter of the wire I know resistance will drop but I imagine this will impact on the speed/strength of the solenoid? Thanks

 

[Swifters]

Anyone? I've found this link:

http://www.calctool.org/CALC/phys/electromagnetism/solenoid

But I don't understand the terms "Permeability, Magnetic B-field and Inductance". Is it correct that magnet will continue to accelerate through a coil? thanks