Breaking new ground with CAES
Describes the development of a 220-MW commercial compressed air energy storage (CAES) unit by an electric utility. Explains that CAES splits the 2 basic stages of a conventional gas turbine, making the most of baseload power, while using the least peaking or intermediate fuel. Points out that if a utility has a need and a prospective site for a CAES plant, it can assemble its facts (such as load factor, cost of other options, and prevailing financial situation) and apply them to one of EPRI's newly developed methods for calculating whether CAES is really the right solution to that utility's particular situation. Estimates CAES's generating potential in the US over the next 20 yrs to be between 1000 and 10,000 MW.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Management and Utilization Division, EPRI
- OSTI ID:
- 5952634
- Journal Information:
- EPRI J.; (United States), Journal Name: EPRI J.; (United States) Vol. 7:8; ISSN EPRJD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CALCULATION METHODS
COMPRESSED AIR STORAGE POWER PLANTS
COST
DESIGN
ELECTRIC UTILITIES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY SOURCES
EPRI
FOSSIL FUELS
FUELS
GAS TURBINES
LOAD ANALYSIS
MACHINERY
PEAKING POWER PLANTS
PETROLEUM
POWER GENERATION
POWER PLANTS
POWER RANGE 100-1000 MW
PUBLIC UTILITIES
TURBINES
TURBOMACHINERY