Lessons from Iowa: Development of a 270 Megawatt Compressed Air Energy Storage Project in Midwest Independent System Operator

National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), USDOE; H. Schulte, Robert; Office of Electricity (OE), USDOE; Stored Energy Plant Agency (ISEPA), Iowa; Power Fund, Iowa; National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States), Sandia; Holst, Kent; Critelli, Nicholas; Huff, Georgianne

doi:10.2172/1035330

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Lessons from Iowa: Development of a 270 Megawatt Compressed Air Energy Storage Project in Midwest Independent System Operator

Published • Jan 1, 2012

Authors:

USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Robert H. Schulte

USDOE Office of Electricity (OE)

Abstract

The Iowa Stored Energy Park was an innovative, 270 Megawatt, $400 million compressed air energy storage (CAES) project proposed for in-service near Des Moines, Iowa, in 2015. After eight years in development the project was terminated because of site geological limitations. However, much was learned...

Subject

Compressed air energy storage

Energy storage

Renewable energy

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