Covering an area of 69 mu (about 45,954m2), the 17MW/68MWh Zhangye GESS Project is located in the city’s Economic Development Zone in Gansu Province and will be constructed in two phases. With a structure height of 177m, the Project is designed with two 8.5MW generators and a total of 6,990 mobile bricks weighing 25.5 tons each, making it the world's highest gravity energy storage facility to be constructed in design. Upon completion, the Project will serve the Northwest China Grid and renewable energy projects in Zhangye. Construction of the Project commenced in the first half of 2023, and construction of the above-ground structure is currently underway. In January 2024, the project was recognized as the Pilot Demo Project for New Forms of Energy Storage by the National Energy Administration of China.