Dive Brief: Policymakers should use tax incentives and more flexible interconnection rules to encourage development of hybrid projects combining renewable energy production and storage, according to a panel at the Clean Power 2021 conference hosted by the American Clean Power Association. According to projections from U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S power grid will have an estimated 59 GW of battery storage by 2050. In the near term, a significant amount of that will be part of hybrid projects with renewables, as EIA data shows that paired sites will increase from 19 installed in 2016 to more than 100 by the end of 2023.