California’s battery storage capacity needed for its aggressive climate action goals has increased by nearly 2,000 percent since 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on May 19.
The state has added 2,300 megawatts since last September, or enough to power 400,000 homes during peak demand, bringing the state’s total battery storage capacity to 15,763 megawatts, according to new data released by the state.
The state has reached 30 percent of its goal to reach 52,000 megawatts by 2045.
“California is adding battery storage at a pace never seen before as we continue our work to build the grid of the future,” Newsom said in a statement. “The key to a cleaner, more reliable power grid is batteries—and no other jurisdiction on the planet, save China, comes even close to our rapid deployment.”…