In the Gobi Desert outside Golmud, Qinghai, a row of white tanks stands tall in the open wilderness. Inside, air is compressed and cooled to -194 degrees Celsius (-317 degrees Fahrenheit), and then it becomes liquid.
When released, it expands over 750 times, drives turbines and generates electricity.
This is the world’s largest liquid-air energy storage plant. Also known as the Super Air Power Bank, it is built by China Green Development Investment Group and developed with the Technical…
Source: China to power up the world’s largest ‘super-cold air battery’ in the Gobi Desert
