China-Europe Air Compression Energy Storage Power Station

A groundbreaking 300MW/1,500MWh compressed air energy storage (CAES) facility has commenced operations in China’s Hubei province. Dubbed the Hubei Yingchang project, the 5-hour duration plant leverages abandoned salt mines in Yingcheng and represents a total investment of $270 million. The world''s first 300-megawatt compressed air energy storage (CAES) station in Yingcheng, Central China''s Hubei province, was successfully connected to grid on April 9. ... It will serve for constructing a new energy system and developing a new power system in China, as well as a key direction for cultivating strategic emerging industries. ...

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 project?

A compressed air energy storage (CAES) project in Hubei, China, has come online, with 300MW/1,500MWh of capacity. The 5-hour duration project, called Hubei Yingchang, was built in two years with a total investment of CNY1.95 billion (US$270 million) and uses abandoned salt mines in the Yingcheng area of Hubei, China’s sixth-most populous province.

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.

Who owns China Energy Engineering Corporation?

It is the largest grid-connected CAES project of its size in the world, engineering firm China Energy Engineering Corporation claimed in its announcement of the project (or specifically, the first in the world of that scale). The project is owned by China Energy Construction Digital Group and State Grid Hubei Integrated Energy Services Co.

Who owns China Energy Construction Digital Group?

The project is owned by China Energy Construction Digital Group and State Grid Hubei Integrated Energy Services Co. Both China Energy Engineering Corporation and China Energy Construction Digital Group are part of government-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council.

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