Research Article
A Coupled Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical Model of Jointed Hard Rock for Compressed Air Energy Storage
Table 1
CAES projects over the world (data collected from various sources).
| | Project name | Location | Power capacity (MW) | Geological formation | Type | Cavern volume (m3) | Embedded depth | Max. pressure (MPa) | Status |
| | Huntorf | Breman, Germany | 290 | Salt Rock | Diabetic | 310,000 | 600 | 4.3–7.0 | Operation | | Norton | Norton,
USA | 2700 | Hard rock (limestone) | Diabatic | 9,600,000 | 670 | 5.5–11 | Construction | | Iowa Energy Park | Iowa,
USA | 270 | Porous sand stone | Diabatic | — | 914 | — | Construction | | ADELE | Germany | 300 | Salt Rock | Adiabatic | — | — | ~10 | Planning | | Matagorga | Texsas,
USA | 540 | Salt Rock | Diabatic | — | — | — | Planning | | Seneca | New York,
USA | 150–270 | Salt Rock | Diabatic | 150,000 | 760 | 8–11 | Planning | | PG&E | California,
USA | 300 | Porous aquifer | Diabatic | — | — | — | Planning | | Datang CAES | Inner Mongolia,
China | 300 | Sand stone | Diabatic | 900,000 | 500 m | 5–8 | Planning |
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