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China connects the world's largest liquid-air storage plant to its grid

Owner and developer of the Golmud plant

On October 30, a 60-megawatt plant in Golmud, in western China's Qinghai province, began sending electricity to the regional grid. It stores power by chilling air to about minus 194 degrees Celsius until it becomes a liquid, then letting it warm and expand back into gas to spin a turbine.

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