Construction of the largest compressed air energy storage power station begins

Where is China's compressed air energy storage power station located?

The compressed air energy storage power station in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. /China Power The compressed air energy storage power station in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province. /China Power China's compressed air energy storage in a salt cavern connected to the grid in Changzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, on Thursday.

What is a compressed air energy storage station?

"The compressed-air energy storage station offers large capacity, long storage time (over 4 hours), and efficient response, making it comparable to small and medium-sized pumped storage power plants," Liu Yong, Secretary General of Energy Storage Application Branch of China Industrial Association of Power Sources told the Global Times on Wednesday.

How many large scale compressed air energy storage facilities are there?

As of late 2012, there are three existing large scale compressed air energy storage facilities worldwide. All three current CAES projects use large underground salt caverns to store energy. The first is located in Huntorf, Germany, and was completed in 1978.

What is a Phase II power station?

Touted as the world's largest of its kind, the phase II project is expected to enable the power station to achieve the largest capacity globally and the highest level of power generation efficiency. The expansion project aims to build two 350 MW non-combustion compressed air energy storage units, with a total volume of 1.2 million cubic meters.