Large-Scale Underground Storage of Renewable Energy Coupled with Power-to-X: Challenges, Trends, and Potentials in China

Yachen Xie; Jiashun Luo; Zhengmeng Hou; Gensheng Li; Jianhua Liu; Jianwei Tang; Liangchao Huang; Hans-Peter Beck; Chunhe Yang

doi:10.1016/j.eng.2023.04.014

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Engineering ›› 2023, Vol. 29 ›› Issue (10) : 15-21. DOI: 10.1016/j.eng.2023.04.014

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Large-Scale Underground Storage of Renewable Energy Coupled with Power-to-X: Challenges, Trends, and Potentials in China

Yachen Xie^a^,^b^,^f ,
Jiashun Luo^b^,^c^,^d ,
Zhengmeng Hou^b ,
Gensheng Li^e ,
Jianhua Liu^a ,
Jianwei Tang^a ,
Liangchao Huang^a^,^b^,^f ,
Hans-Peter Beck^b ,
Chunhe Yang^g

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• Four modes of large-scale underground storage of renewable energy coupled with Power to X are described and analyzed.

• Potentials, challenges, and trends of four modes are summarized.

• Suggestions for large-scale underground energy storage in China are provided.

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Yachen Xie, Jiashun Luo, Zhengmeng Hou, Gensheng Li, Jianhua Liu, Jianwei Tang, Liangchao Huang, Hans-Peter Beck, Chunhe Yang. Large-Scale Underground Storage of Renewable Energy Coupled with Power-to-X: Challenges, Trends, and Potentials in China. Engineering, 2023, 29(10): 15‒21 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2023.04.014

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We thank Prof. Jiongtian Liu and Prof. Li’an Hou for their thoughtful and constructive suggestions. This study was funded by the Henan Institute for Chinese Development Strategy of Engineering and Technology (2022HENZDA02), the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2021YFH0010), and the High-End Foreign Experts Program of the Yunnan Revitalization Talents Support Plan of Yunnan Province.

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the Henan Institute for Chinese Development Strategy of Engineering and Technology(2022HENZDA02); the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province(2021YFH0010); the High-End Foreign Experts Program of the Yunnan Revitalization Talents Support Plan of Yunnan Province.