CAES

China Activates World’s Largest Compressed-Air Battery
China flips the switch on the world’s largest CAES—600 MW/2,400 MWh—signaling long‑duration storage’s rise from niche to core grid muscle for multi‑hour renewable smoothing.
Mar 4, 2026 // Plants, ENERGY STORAGE, China, Asia, grid, CAES, long-duration
New US study finds renewable energy storage costs need to drop 90%
Researchers in the US have published a study that brings 20 years of renewable energy (solar PV and/or wind plus storage) generation into line with historical energy-demand profiles, to ascertain at what storage cost point renewables can cost-effectively consistently meet 100% demand.
Aug 12, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Tariffs, USA, storage, solar pv, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, BESS, PHES, CAES, Jessika Trancik