World's first air storage plant nearing completion
Journal Article
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· Gas Turbine World; (United States)
OSTI ID:7223436
By June of next year, the world's first gas turbine air storage peaking plant will be completed at Huntorf, W. Germany. A Brown Boveri design, owned and operated by Nordwestdeutsche Kraftwerke AG, the 290 MW plant has a design heat rate of 5500 Btu per kW-hr operating on 650 psi stored air discharge pressure. Huntorf will be the culmination of a theory that's been around for about 25 years--that compressing and storing air, then releasing it through a gas turbogenerator during periods of peak demand, is a feasible alternative to hydro pumped storage. Especially for electric utilities which don't have ready access to hydro capacity. More particularly say utility planners who'll be closely watching plant performance, Huntorf will kick off new interest in this form of peaking.
- OSTI ID:
- 7223436
- Journal Information:
- Gas Turbine World; (United States), Journal Name: Gas Turbine World; (United States) Vol. 6:5; ISSN GTWOD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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