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China switches on the world’s largest liquid-air energy storage plant
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China switches on the world’s largest liquid-air energy storage plant

So: China’s Qinghai Province has switched on the world’s largest grid-connected liquid-air energy storage facility. It uses renewable electricity to cool and compress air until it becomes liquid, then releases it to drive a turbine and send power back to the grid. Rated at 600 megawatt-hours, the plant can provide up to 10 hours of continuous electricity and is paired with its own 250-megawatt solar farm. And here’s the thing: by storing renewable power for when it’s needed, this technology could help make clean energy more reliable.
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