California's Battery Storage Reaches Record 12,000 Megawatts, Matching 12 Nuclear Plants
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Summary
California's battery storage arrays discharged over 12,000 megawatts of energy for the first time in late March, equivalent to the output of 12 large nuclear power plants and meeting over 40% of the state's energy demand. This milestone highlights California's ongoing transition to carbon-free energy, with over 60% of the state's electricity coming from carbon-free sources last year. The article discusses the current state and future prospects of battery storage technology in California's evolving energy grid.
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That's enough to meet over 40 percent of the state's energy demand.
California's grid is in a continued state of transition.
More than 60 percent of the state's electricity generation came from carbon-free sources last year.
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