Thermal Systems for 40 Energy-Storage Containers in Xinjiang

Energy-storage containers spend most of their life outdoors, so the thermal system has to remain workable through dust, wind and wide ambient swings. The public project record for Xinjiang Yue Hydropower describes a procurement batch for a 100 MW / 200 MWh lithium battery energy-storage system.

Published system scope

The source states that the 2024 first batch required 40 thermal-management systems for 2.5 MW / 5 MWh containers. It lists 60 kW liquid-cooling equipment and 2 kW air-cooling equipment, together with the model reference HAED060B2C2AA / JGA020K2F0C1W.

The same page names the secondary and primary piping scope. It does not publish the supply-return temperatures, coolant specification, filtration standard, control deadband or maintenance interval. Those details matter in a windy, dust-exposed site and should come from the approved thermal design rather than from a product name.

Why the configuration is useful to compare

At container scale, one cooling unit can look adequate on a spreadsheet while the system still performs poorly because air paths, pipe routing or service access were treated late. The published 60 kW liquid and 2 kW air combination gives a concrete equipment boundary for review, but it is not evidence of measured battery temperature or energy consumption.

For a similar project, start with the battery heat map, ambient design point, enclosure leakage path and maintenance method. Only then decide how much cooling belongs inside the container and how much belongs in the external loop.