Approval of the plan for the cave energy storage project

When will the salt cave compressed air energy storage national test & demonstration project start?

On August 18, the main construction of the "Salt Cave Compressed Air Energy Storage National Test and Demonstration Project" begin in Xuebu town, marking the project’s entrance into the critical period of construction.

What is Jintan salt cavern energy storage project?

The second phase of Jintan Salt Cavern Compressed-Air Energy Storage Project plans to build two 350-megawatt non-supplementary fired compressed air energy storage units, with a total volume of 1.2 million cubic meters, making it the largest in unit capacity, storage volume, and efficiency.

What is Jintan salt cave CAES project?

The Jintan salt cave CAES project is a first-phase project with planned installed power generation capacity of 60MW and energy storage capacity of 300MWh. The non-afterburning compressed air energy storage power generation technology possesses advantages such as large capacity, long life cycle, low cost, and fast response speed.

How does salt cavern energy storage work?

Salt cavern compressed-air energy storage, dubbed as the underground "green power bank," stores electricity by compressing air into underground salt caverns during off-peak times. The air is then released during peak demand to generate electricity, balancing supply and demand, as China Group Media reported.

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.