Compressed Air Energy Storage preliminary design and site development program in an aquifer. Final report. Site selection study, Part 2
As described in Volume IIIa of this report, 14 sites considered to have potential for development with a 1000 MW compressed air energy storage (CAES) plant were identified by the Illinois State Geological Survey (ISGS) and the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS). The relative desirability of developing each of these sites was evaluated from the standpoints of geology, economics, air quality/meteorology, cultural resources, and ecology. Preliminary site layouts were developed for each of the 14 sites. Sites that were found to be incapable of supporting a 1000 MW plant, or that would require more than 2000 air injection-withdrawal wells to do so, were eliminated from consideration. The seven remaining top-ranked sites were then selected for further study. The relative desirability of performing a field test at each of the seven final sites was evaluated from the standpoints of geology, economics, cultural resources, and ecology.
- Research Organization:
- Public Service Co. of Indiana, Inc., Plainfield (USA); Sargent and Lundy, Chicago, IL (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-78ET29232
- OSTI ID:
- 5838355
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/29232-T4-Vol.3b; ON: DE82000674
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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