Bloomberg Businessweek |The Year Ahead| BIGGER IS BETTER| by Brian Eckhouse and David Stringer
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Summary of Article
Around the world power grids can predictably become overloaded resulting in revolving blackouts but help to stabilize electric delivery is on the way in the form of “megabatteries.” By summer California is expected to add “more than 2 gigawatts of energy storage, including from batteries.” This follows a trend started by Tesla and Neoen SA when they “installed the first 100-megawatt lithium-ion storage project in Australia.” Currently, Vistra Corps leads that way with a 300-megawatt project being attached to the Mighty Moss natural-gas-fuel electric generating plant at Moss Landing-an inlet of Monterey Bay. The project leverages all the existing transmission infrastructure. The system went on line in December 2020 with enough juice to power 225,000 homes “during peak-electricity pricing periods for four hours.” “Moss Landing, developed by Vistra, captures excess electricity from the grid.” Someset, Massachusetts looks to leap frog Moss Landing with a “planned capacity of 400-megawatt” using a former coal-fired power plant site.” The project of Anbaric Development Partners estimated to cost $400M is slated to come on line by 2024.
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