https://reasonstobecheerful.world/us-grid-battery-storage/
"Big batteries have begun reshaping the U.S. grid. Now, the country has made
surprising strides in making those energy storage systems itself, rather than
depending on imports from China.
Batteries were always crucial for the effort to scale up renewable energy
production, but they have taken on even more significance as AI leaders look
for quick-to-build power sources to supply their headlong data center
expansion.
That’s why batteries will account for some 28 percent of new U.S. power plant
capacity built this year. For the first time, the country will be able to
produce enough grid batteries to meet that surging demand on its own, according
to new data from the U.S. Energy Storage Coalition, an industry group.
The onshoring began in earnest when President Joe Biden signed the
Inflation
Reduction Act in 2022, creating incentives both for domestic battery producers
and for storage developers who use made-in-America products.
Already, the U.S. has enough capacity to meet demand for finished grid battery
enclosures. That involves connecting battery cells to power electronics,
controls and safety equipment in weatherproof steel containers that are ready
to install. By the end of this year, the U.S. will also achieve
self-sufficiency in a higher-value part of the supply chain: the battery cells
themselves. It’s a major industrial coup that is bringing thousands of
high-tech manufacturing jobs to communities across the country.
“For the first time, the United States now has the capacity to supply 100
percent of domestic energy storage project demand with American-built systems,”
said Noah Roberts, executive director of the U.S. Energy Storage Coalition, on
a press call in March. “That is a fundamental shift from where we were just a
year and a half ago, when the majority of battery storage systems were
imported.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
