US battery gigafactories face delays and
In recent months, however, some of the planned capacity has been delayed, put on hold, or even cancelled due to weaker-than-anticipated EV demand growth and the impact of
Following a lithium-ion battery fire at the Moss Landing plant in Monterey County in California, communities nationwide are expressing concerns about hosting similar plants. MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: California leads the nation in a race to deploy battery energy storage facilities.
MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: California leads the nation in a race to deploy battery energy storage facilities. They bank electricity from sources like solar and wind so it can be used later.
Battery energy storage systems (BESS) involve lithium batteries, which are housed in structures similar to shipping containers. With a growing number of solar projects in the pipeline – including a number of "mega-farms" in Norfolk – more storage is needed for the energy they generate.
A large lithium battery energy storage system operated by Key Capture Energy that can power 15,000 homes for two hours during outages or high demand sits surrounded by a fence in Blasdell, N.Y., on Sept. 9. Ted Shaffrey—AP Photo
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