The world's first 300-megawatt non-supplementary fired compressed air energy storage demonstration project broke ground on July 26 in Yingcheng, Central China's Hubei Province.
A ceremony is held on July 26 in Yingcheng, Central China's Hubei Province, commencing construction of the world's first 300-megawatt non-supplementary fired compressed air energy storage demonstration project. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
The main body of the project is invested by China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (ENERGY CHINA). It is expected to have the largest unit power, storage capacity and conversion efficiency of its kind in the world.
According to ENERGY CHINA, the project will adopt the world's first whole-green, non-supplementary fired and highly-efficient 300-MW compressed air energy storage technology. Such technology is the only large-scale and long-term physical energy storage technology on a par with pumped storage technology and is regarded as the stabilizer of the new-type power system.
An image of the anticipated world's first 300-megawatt non-supplementary fired compressed air energy storage demonstration project in Yingcheng, Central China's Hubei [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]
Once operational, the project is expected to generate 500 million kilowatt-hours of power annually, which will promote industrial transformation and upgrading and green economic growth in Yingcheng. It should also contribute to construction of Central China's energy storage base and play a key role in new-type power system construction in Hubei.
(Executive editor: Wang Ruoting)
