Environment & Energy

Bob Wallace

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1. Looks like storage is sodium-sulfur batteries...

Mon Dec 26, 2011, 02:08 PM

Dec 2011

"Zhang noted that SGCC's subsidiary North China Grid Co. Ltd. is constructing a renewable energy complex in northern Hebei province, integrating wind turbines with 100 megawatt (MW) capacity, a 50 MW solar module and a sodium-sulfur battery (NAS) capable of storing 20 MW. Combining wind and solar energy production with storage batteries is one option of creating grid-friendly electricity. SGCC has also requested renewable energy producers to stabilize their electricity output."

http://www.opplandcorp.com/grid-integration/newsletter.html

Looking around I found a page on China's pump-up storage...

http://www.industcards.com/ps-china.htm

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Looks like storage is sodium-sulfur batteries... Bob Wallace Dec 2011 #1

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