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A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback

4 May, 2024

  • The need for long-duration energy storage, which helps to fill the longest gaps when wind and solar are not producing enough electricity to meet demand, is as clear as ever. Several technologies could help to meet this need.

  • But which approaches could be viable on a commercial scale?

  • Hydrostor, a leader in compressed air energy storage, aims to break ground on its first large-scale plant in New South Wales by the end of this year. It plans to follow that with an even bigger facility in California.

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