CAISO and ERCOT hold two-thirds of U.S. battery capacity, face the same cannibalization risk, and are the only empirical roadmap the rest of the country has
I suspect it’s because most of the solar is behind the meter like residential/commercial rooftop installations. It’s harder to divert that production into grid scale batteries.
This is the new England grid North of New York today:
Light yellow is behind the meter, dark yellow is grid scale
I suspect it’s because most of the solar is behind the meter like residential/commercial rooftop installations. It’s harder to divert that production into grid scale batteries.
This is the new England grid North of New York today:
Light yellow is behind the meter, dark yellow is grid scale
Ah that is a good point! So then why so little utility solar? Maybe less open land to build it on?