{"id":64226,"date":"2024-04-25T07:56:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T14:56:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=64226"},"modified":"2024-04-26T07:56:31","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:56:31","slug":"california-achieves-major-clean-energy-victory-10000-megawatts-of-battery-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=64226","title":{"rendered":"California Achieves Major Clean Energy Victory: 10,000 Megawatts of Battery Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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WINTERS \u2013 California has notched a major victory on its path to 100% clean electricity: surpassing 10,000 megawatts (MW) of battery storage capacity.<\/p>\n

At 10,379 MW, the state has increased battery capacity by 1,250% since the beginning of the Newsom Administration \u2013 up from 770 MW in 2019. Ramping up battery storage is a key part of\u00a0Governor Gavin Newsom\u2019s energy roadmap<\/a>, the state\u2019s plan to achieve its ambitious goal of 100% clean electricity by 2045.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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More battery storage helps the state maintain a clean and reliable power grid \u2013 storing energy from renewable sources like solar during the day to use when solar drops off in the evening hours. Just last week, for the first time ever, battery storage discharge exceeded 6,000 MW and batteries were the\u00a0largest source of supply<\/a>\u00a0to power the grid at one point during the day. That milestone demonstrates how batteries will be essential to powering the state\u2019s clean energy future.<\/p>\n

Governor Newsom joined state officials at a battery storage and solar facility in Winters to celebrate the milestone on Thursday during Earth Week.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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\u201cIn just five years, California has increased its battery storage capacity more than tenfold. Our energy storage revolution is here, and it couldn\u2019t come at a more pivotal moment as we move from a grid powered by dirty fossil fuels to one powered by clean energy.<\/p>\n

We\u2019re in the midst of one of the biggest transformations of our time \u2013 and California is once again leading the way.\u201d<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\nGovernor Gavin Newsom<\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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California\u2019s clean energy leadership:<\/strong><\/p>\n