California Seeks to Blaze Trail for Long-duration Storage
Time Pressure Mounts with Looming Grid Challenges, Lithium Supply Crunch
The changing shape of CAISO's "duck curve" indicates that, by 2024, four-hour batteries will no longer suffice for covering California's growing peaks, requiring a shift of daytime solar oversupply into long-duration storage systems. | CAISO
Apr 7, 2022
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With grid challenges looming and lithium in short supply, California is looking to accelerate the deployment of non-lithium-ion long-duration storage.
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