California is off to a big head start on its plan to develop a grid-scale energy storage portfolio with the capacity to store nearly 14 gigawatts of power from renewable energy in battery installations at huge desert solar farms by 2032.
Grid-scale energy storage is a vital component in the Golden State's effort to achieve net zero carbon emissions from its power generation by 2035.
The storage systems, which deploy thousands of industrial-scale lithium-ion batteries stacked in rows of 10 silos each, relieve demand on the electrical grid by storing renewable energy and allowing it to be delivered when solar arrays are not generating electricity at night or during stormy weather.
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