Xinjiang's Bole City Launches 200MW/800MWh Energy Storage Project

U.S. Strategic Metals (USSM) and Virtus Minerals signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The two parties reached a strategic cooperation in critical minerals between North America and Africa. Under the agreement, cobalt, copper and other products produced at Virtus’ Chemaf project will be supplied directly to the United States, with priority given to processing at USSM’s multi-metallic hydrometallurgical plant in Fredericktown, Missouri. The facility is capable of processing critical minerals including cobalt, nickel, copper, lithium and rare earth elements. The partnership will strengthen America’s independent supply chain and reduce reliance on other adversary-controlled sources.

On April 10, Shenneng Beikong Company held a symposium and signing ceremony in Beijing for the winning bidders of the underground gas storage facility project for the Xi Ujimqin Banner grid-side compressed air energy storage project. The project is planned to have a construction scale of 3×350 MW/4,200 MWh, making it currently the leading single-unit compressed air ESS power station in China in terms of scale. The underground gas storage facility undertakes the core functions of high-pressure, large-capacity, and long-cycle safe operation, and is a key project that determines technical feasibility and economic viability.