California's Great Battery Revolution Allows Closure of Peaker Gas Plants and Move to 100% Wind, ...
Photo by Federico Beccari on Unsplash By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The renewables revolution around the world has depended primarily on wind, hydro, and solar. A fourth factor is now swiftly emerging as essential, that is, mega-battery storage. Batteries store energy when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining, to release it when those sources decline. California has so much solar energy that it faces a difficulty in the late afternoon when commuters get home