The China Energy-Jintan Compressed Air Energy Storage System is a 60,000kW energy storage project located in Jintan, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China.
The electro-mechanical energy storage project uses compressed air storage as its storage technology. The project was announced in 2019.
Description
The China Energy-Jintan Compressed Air Energy Storage System is being developed by China Energy Engineering. The project is owned by China Energy Engineering (100%), a subsidiary of China Energy Engineering Group.
The key application of the project is peak shaving.
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By GlobalDataChina Energy Engineering is the owner. China Energy Engineering is the developer.
Additional information
The project adopts Tsinghua University non-supplementary combustion compressed air energy storage power generation technology to build a 60 MW×5 hours non-supplementary combustion compressed air energy storage power generation system. The second phase of the project is planned to build 350 MW, and the final scale will reach 1000 MW.
About China Energy Engineering
China Energy Engineering Corp Ltd (CEECL) provides power engineering solutions and construction services. The company offers a wide range of services such as survey, design and consultancy; civil explosives and cement production; equipment manufacturing; investment, construction and contracting, and others. It also provides auxiliary equipment for various power plants in China. CEECL invests, markets, and operates power plants and other infrastructure projects such as highways and railways, water conservancy projects, and environmental protection projects, among others. The company caters its services to the power industry and also to autonomous regions, municipalities, and provinces in China. CEECL is headquartered in Beijing, China.
Methodology
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