(Yicai Global) Aug. 3 --China's largest battery storage power station wassuccessfully connected to the grid and went into operationrecently in Zhenjiangin east China's Jiangsu province, which will greatlyimprove the power supply capacity ofthe local power grid.

With 101megawatts ofpower and 202-megawatt hour capacity, the station can provide a daily electricity supply of 400 MWh, which is able to feed the demands of 170,000 residents, stabilizingthe grid loadand obviating the need to build a new power plant, Economic Daily reported.

Built by State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power, the stationwillfill the supply gap during peak electricitytimesafter local coal-fired power plants were shut down.

State Grid Jiangsu Electric Power isstillproviding energy storage devices for power users in Zhenjiang, and the total power isprojected to be100MWto stabilize thepower supplyof thelocalpower grid.

Jiangsu Power Grid's highest dispatched power load reached 102gigawattslast year, higher than that of Germany, South Korea, Australia and many other countries.

Zhenjiang is one of the major electricityconsumersin the province,with industry making up 60 percent of its total gross domestic product and expanding 15 to 20 percent annually. It also among the fastest-growing economies in the Yangtze River Delta, per its official website.

Editor: Ben Armour