ont-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; -ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph;'>ont-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;'>A battery storage power plant with 100 MW power and 200 MWh capacity was put into operation Wednesday in Zhenjiang city in east China's Jiangsu Province.
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ont-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; -ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph;'>ont-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;'>After its operation, the plant will provide a daily electricity supply of 400 MWh, which can meet the demands of 170,000 residents in Zhenjiang, said Wang Xu, a spokesperson for Jiangsu Electric.
ont-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; -ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph;'>ont-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;'>Liu Gang, a researcher with an institute affiliated to Jiangsu Electric, said: "The battery storage power plant in Zhenjiang works like a battery charger. It charges up during quiet hours of electricity consumption and delivers power during peak hours."
ont-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; -ms-text-justify: inter-ideograph;'>ont-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;'>Battery storage power plants, which can effectively address power shortage during peak hours, have also been in operation in Shanghai and Guangdong, according to Liu.
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