The CAES project is designed to charge 498GWh of energy a year and output 319GWh of energy a year, a round-trip efficiency of 64%, but could achieve up to

The special thing about compressed air storage is that the air heats up strongly when being compressed from atmospheric pressure to a storage pressure of approx. 1,015 psia (70 bar). Standard multistage air compressors use inter- and after-coolers to reduce discharge temperatures to 300/350°F (149/177°C) and cavern injection air temperature reduced to

Approval is being sought for a 400MW advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project with eight hours of storage to be built in California by technology provider Hydrostor. The Canada-headquartered company is the first in the world to have built an operating commercial A-CAES facility, a much smaller 1.75MW project in

Liquid air energy storage firm Highview Power has raised £300 million (US$384 million) from the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) and utility Centrica to immediately start building its first large-scale project. The funding will enable Highview to launch construction on a 50MW/300MWh long-duration energy storage (LDES) project in

By comparing different possible technologies for energy storage, Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is recognized as one of the most effective and economical technologies to conduct long-term, large-scale energy storage. In terms of choosing underground formations for constructing CAES reservoirs, salt rock formations

Image: China Huaneng. A 300MWh compressed air energy storage system capacity has been connected to the grid in Jiangsu, China, while a compressed air storage startup in the country has raised nearly US$50 million in a funding round. Chinese state media reported a few days ago that the large-scale project in Jiangsu Province''s

UK energy group Highview Power plans to raise £400mn to build the world''s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage plant in a potential boost for

China has made breakthroughs on compressed air energy storage, as the world''s largest of such power station has achieved its first grid connection and power

Dominion completed its first lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery energy storage system (BESS) pilots in August 2022. In August of this year, it broke ground on a large-scale solar-plus-storage project at Virginia''s Dulles International Airport, featuring 100MW of solar PV and 50MW of BESS technology, alongside electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure.

Zinc battery firm Eos agrees US$315 million facility with Cerberus Capital, retires existing senior loan. June 24, 2024. US zinc hybrid cathode battery storage manufacturer Eos Energy Enterprises has agreed a financing package with private equity firm Cerberus, comprised of separate loan and revolver facilities totalling US$315 million.

Energy-Storage.news'' publisher Solar Media will host the eighth annual Energy Storage Summit EU this week in London, 22-23 February 2023. A few weeks later comes the 5th Energy Storage Summit USA, 28-29 March 2023 in Austin, Texas, followed by the 1st Energy Storage Summit Asia which takes place on 11-12 July 2023 in

Advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) company Hydrostor is waiting to hear if one of its proposed large-scale projects in California will get approved to supply electricity. The California Energy Commission (CEC) said last week that Hydrostor''s Application for Certification (AFC) for its Gem Energy Storage Center, a

BEIJING, April 29 (Xinhua) -- China''s energy storage capacity has further expanded in the first quarter amid the country''s efforts to advance its green energy transition. By the end of March, China''s installed new-type energy storage capacity had reached 35.3 gigawatts, soaring 2.1 times over the figure achieved during the same period last year, the National

The Canadian federal government is financially supporting the development of a large-scale advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) project capable of providing up to 12 hours of energy storage. A-CAES solutions provider Hydrostor told Energy-Storage

Hydrostor, a leader in compressed air energy storage, aims to break ground on its first large-scale plant in New South Wales by the end of this year. It plans

Improving zinc–air batteries is challenging due to kinetics and limited electrochemical reversibility, partly attributed to sluggish four-electron redox chemistry. Now, substantial strides are

By Anthony Capkun February 6, 2024 A new report released by Energy Storage Canada (ESC) illustrates "the substantial potential of [long duration energy storage a.k.a. LDES] to contribute to the realization of the [Ontario]''s economic growth and energy transition

By Andy Colthorpe. Rendering of Hydrostor''s Silver City project, which the company said will create a "renewable mini-grid" for Broken Hill, Australia. Image: Hydrostor. An advanced compressed air energy storage has been selected as the preferred option for creating backup energy supply to Broken Hill, a city in rural New South Wales

In July 2021 China announced plans to install over 30 GW of energy storage by 2025 (excluding pumped-storage hydropower), a more than three-fold increase on its installed capacity as of 2022. The United States'' Inflation Reduction Act, passed in August 2022, includes an investment tax credit for sta nd-alone storage, which is expected to boost

Its proprietary technology uses liquid air as the storage medium and can deliver anywhere from 20 MW/80 MWh to more than 200 MW/1.2 GWh of energy and has a lifespan of 30 to 40 years. Developed using proven components from mature industries, it delivers pumped-hydro capabilities without geographical constraints and can be

Justin Rangooni, executive director of trade association Energy Storage Canada (ESC) takes us through some of the key developments to date. Canada still needs much more storage for net zero to succeed Energy Storage Canada''s 2022 report, Energy Storage: A Key Net Zero Pathway in Canada indicates Canada will need a minimum of 8

Lion Storage has received a construction permit for a 347MW/1,457MW BESS project while Giga Storage hopes to start construction on a similarly sized one this year, representing a major step

The Department of Energy has identified the need for long-duration storage as an essential part of fully decarbonizing the electricity system and, in 2021, set a goal

According to a report recently issued by China Energy Storage Alliance (CNESA), by the end of 2022, China''s cumulative installed capacity of new energy storage reached 13.1 gigawatts, with an annual

February 20, 2024. A render of a Hydrostor''s technology deployed at scale. Image: Hydrostor via . We catch up with the president of Canada-headquartered Hydrostor, Jon Norman, about the firm''s advanced compressed air energy storage (A-CAES) tech, current projects, future plans and being a developer versus system integrator.

The 300 MW compressed air energy storage station in Yingcheng started operation on Tuesday. With the technology known as "compressed air energy storage'''',

Puget Sound Energy, an electric and gas utility serving 1.2 million electric customers in the Washington State region of the same name, said on Friday (5 December) that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) around Form Energy''s technology. baseload, coal, coal plant retirement, form energy, fossil fuels, iron-air

Energy-Storage.news has reported on and documented the journey the LAES CRYOBattery technology has taken from its first megawatt-scale demonstration project in England, commissioned in 2018, to the construction now being underway of Highview Power.

Liquid air energy storage (LAES) uses air as both the storage medium and working fluid, and it falls into the broad category of thermo-mechanical energy storage technologies. The LAES technology offers several advantages including high energy density and scalability, cost-competitiveness and non-geographical constraints, and hence has

UK energy group Highview Power plans to raise £400mn to build the world''s first commercial-scale liquid air energy storage plant in a potential boost for renewable power generation in the UK