US storage goes mega-scale

In the midst of a still-surging Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. energy storage market is booming, driven by utility procurement of increasingly large projects well beyond the 100 MW mark. The industry is clearly focused, and seemingly unified, on the need for wide and rapid deployment. But a key question for the U.S. market is whether policy, regulation, and the supply chain can keep up.

Issue 02-2021

At Moss Landing, northern California, Vistra Energy has installed a 300 MW, four-hour battery project on the site of a decommissioned gas power plant. Moss Landing is currently the largest battery in the United States, but the market is moving quickly at scale and could soon be overtaken.

Image: Vistra Energy

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