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Batteries Are Already Helping Power Grids Weather a Hotter World

In California, batteries now contribute 60 times more to peak capacity than they did in 2017 — a sign of things to come elsewhere, too. 

Battery housing at the Elkhorn Battery Energy Storage System in Moss Landing, California.

Photographer: Nic Coury/Bloomberg
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