Electrical engineering

Physics

Pumped-storage hydroelectricity

Power station

Energy storage

Civil engineering

Engineering

Compressed air

Power (physics)

Geography

Renewable energy

Electricity

Scale (ratio)

Compressed air energy storage

Cartography

Quantum mechanics

Environmental science

Distributed generation

Mechanical engineering

ADVANCES IN GEO-ENERGY RESEARCH

With increasing global energy demand and increasing energy production from renewable resources, energy storage has been considered crucial in conducting energy management and ensuring the stability and reliability of the power network. By comparing different possible technologies for energy storage, Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) is recognized as one of the most effective and economical technologies to conduct long-term, large-scale energy storage. In terms of choosing underground formations for constructing CAES reservoirs, salt rock formations are the most suitable for building caverns to conduct long-term and large-scale energy storage. The existing CAES plants and those under planning have demonstrated the importance of CAES technology development. In both Canada and China, CAES plants are needed to conduct renewable energy storage and electricity management in particular areas. Although further research still needs to be conducted, it is feasible and economical to develop salt caverns for CAES in Canada and China. Cited as : Li, L., Liang, W., Lian, H., Yang, J., Dusseault, M. Compressed air energy storage: characteristics, basic principles, and geological considerations. Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 2018, 2(2): 135-147, doi: 10.26804/ager.2018.02.03

Compressed air energy storage: characteristics, basic principles, and geological considerations