The Urat Fresnel Thermal Energy Storage System is a 50,000kW energy storage project located in Urat Middle Banner, Inner Mongolia, China.

The thermal energy storage project uses molten salt as its storage technology. The project was announced in 2016 and will be commissioned in 2021.

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Description

The Urat Fresnel Thermal Energy Storage System is being developed by Huaneng North United Power. The project is owned by Huaneng North United Power (100%), a subsidiary of China Huaneng Group.

The key applications of the project are renewables capacity firming and renewables energy time shift.

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Huaneng North United Power is the owner. Huaneng North United Power is the developer.

Additional information

Type of storage: 2-tank indirect.

Methodology

All publicly-announced energy storage projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects are sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific power players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.