General Compression Information

General Compression is developing a modular, fuel-free Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES) technology designed for long-duration electricity storage (10-200 hours) applications on salt. The technology is designed to allow customers to combine low-cost, long-duration storage with wind energy to provide an emission-free firm generation capacity option that is competitive without subsidy with new-build fossil and nuclear generation in higher cost fossil fuel markets. It is also designed to economically solve multiple grid related problems, including the need to make inflexible nuclear and coal plant load-following, meet new peak demand, maximize the value of existing off-peak generation and transmission assets, and meet a growing need for ancillary services.