California battery plant is among world's largest as power storage booms
- A major battery plant near Los Angeles will be among the largest in the world when it comes online later this year, promising to shore up California's power grid during the peak summer season and help the state a meet ambitious climate goals.
Battery projects in the hundreds of megawatts are becoming more common. Such large systems exist or are under development in California, Florida, Australia, the United Kingdom and China. Calpine, best known in the state for its fleet of gas plants, has about 2,000 MW of battery capacity under development.
"When people get home from work and they plug in their electric cars, turn on their dishwashers and air conditioners, there is a high demand for power, not as much solar production. Having something that saves the power from the middle of the day moves it to a higher demand period will help make the grid more resilient."
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