New 2.4 GWh adiabatic compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant now operational in in Jiangsu province. The large-scale CAES uses molten salt and pressurized thermal water storage to achieve high ...

Researchers in China developed a new compressed air energy storage system that uses flooded roadways in abandoned coal mines to store compressed air and heat for nighttime power generation.

Broken Hill's hard-rock geology could hold part of the solution to Australia's energy storage problem as the country shifts to renewables. A 200-megawatt, $1 billion facility built by Canadian company ...

A groundbreaking review by researchers from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Imperial College London, and other leading institutions demonstrates that thermo-mechanical energy storage (TMES) ...

AKRON, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Cache Power Corp. (Cache Power) to execute an engineering study for Cache Power’s ...

The California Energy Commission gave final approval Friday to a Canadian-based company’s plan for a 500-megawatt, compressed-air energy storage project north of Rosamond. Construction is set to begin ...

The limitations of lithium-ion batteries are prompting a search for longer-duration solutions. Compressed air energy storage (CAES) and other emerging technologies are gaining traction as safer, ...

We're currently a lot better at producing clean energy than storing it to use later. That poses a challenge in regions that have long stretches with low wind and sunlight, stressing power grids fed by ...

The world’s largest compressed-air power storage plant has begun operating in central China’s Jiangsu province, marking a major step in the country’s efforts to expand energy storage to support its ...