The PG&E-Compressed Air Energy Storage System is a 300,000kW energy storage project located in San Joaquin County, California, US.
The electro-mechanical energy storage project uses compressed air storage as its storage technology. The project was announced in 2010 and will be commissioned in 2021.
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Description
The PG&E-Compressed Air Energy Storage System is owned by Pacific Gas and Electric (100%), a subsidiary of PG&E.
The key applications of the project are electric energy time shift, renewables capacity firming and electric supply reserve capacity – spinning.
Contractors involved
Pacific Gas and Electric is the owner of PG&E-Compressed Air Energy Storage System.
Additional information
A 300 MW A-CAES demo plant will use an underground storage container (depleted gas reservoir), and next-generation turbomachinery.
The project has 3 phases:
Phase 1 – preliminary engineering, geologic reservoir engineering, econmoic analyses, and regulatory permitting;
Phase 2 – Construction and plant commissioning;
Phase 3: Plant operation and plant performance monitoring.
This Project is funded by US Department of Energy, Office of Electricity – DOE Grant Program and CPUC, CEC, EPRI – CPUC/EPRI/CEC Match Funding with $25,000,000 and $25,000,000 respectively.
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