Inventory of underground energy storage sites in California

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1978

OSTI ID:5799013

This report provides information on potential underground energy storage sites in California. Most of this data was collected as part of an investigation of the feasibility of underground storage of compressed air for electricity generation, but many of the sites identified may be equally or better suited to other energy storage applications at a variety of sizes. Six types of potential storage sites in California are included in the data sheets of this report: gas fields, oil fields, saline aquifers, hard rock sites for the excavation of new reservoirs, caves, and abandoned mines. The information for each site, as appropriate for a given site type, includes the site name, location (county, city, USGS quadrangle), depth to storage medium, volume, rock type, rock thickness, permeability, porosity, pressure containment capability, and distance to transmission facilities, pipelines, and geologic hazards. The voltage of the nearest transmission line or substation is also indicated for each type of site, based on the map, Electric Generating Stations, Transmission Lines and Interconnecting Systems, 1967, compiled by the California Public Utilities Commission. Each type of storage site and the methods for obtaining data specific to each site type are described.

• Research Organization: California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Sacramento (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5799013
• Report Number(s): NP-23920
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

25 ENERGY STORAGE
250000 -- Energy Storage
250200 -- Energy Storage-- Compressed & Liquified Gas
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
290700* -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Transport & Storage
510500 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (-1989)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AQUIFERS
CALIFORNIA
CAVES
CAVITIES
ENERGY STORAGE
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
INVENTORIES
MINES
NATURAL GAS DEPOSITS
NATURAL GAS FIELDS
NORTH AMERICA
OIL FIELDS
PETROLEUM DEPOSITS
RESOURCES
ROCKS
SITE SELECTION
STORAGE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
USA
WESTERN REGION