Pacific Gas & Electric Company Smart Grid Demonstration Project

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The Pacific Gas & Electric Company Smart Grid Demonstration Project is a U.S. Department of Energy Smart Grid Demonstration Project which is based in San Francisco, California.

Overview

Build and validate the design, performance, and reliability of an advanced, underground 300 MW Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) plant using a saline porous rock formation located near Bakersfield, CA as the storage reservoir.

References

  1. ARRA Smart Grid Demonstration Projects