Next step in combating climate change? Massive batteries that harness the power of the sun.
Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY - 2h ago
MOSS LANDING, Calif. – Less than a mile from a sea otter-filled estuary popular with kayakers sit row upon row of tall, steel white cabinets perched on low concrete platforms, the space between them crisscrossed with gravel paths. All is quiet save for the faint occasional hum of fans and the cawing of seagulls overhead.
A passerby might mistake the place for a self-storage facility, but old furniture and keepsakes aren't kept here. The energy of the sun is.
All day long, electricity from solar arrays pours into the California electric grid, too much to be used in daylight hours when demand is lower. The excess is stored here, at Pacific Gas & Electric's 182.5-megawatt Moss Landing Elkhorn Battery System.
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