04/25/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/25/2024 15:59
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW: The state has increased its battery storage capacity over tenfold since the beginning of the Newsom Administration. Adding batteries is critical to achieving the state's ambitious goal of 100% clean electricity by 2045.
WINTERS - California has notched a major victory on its path to 100% clean electricity: surpassing 10,000 megawatts (MW) of battery storage capacity.
At 10,379 MW, the state has increased battery capacity by 1,250% since the beginning of the Newsom Administration - up from 770 MW in 2019. Ramping up battery storage is a key part of Governor Gavin Newsom's energy roadmap, the state's plan to achieve its ambitious goal of 100% clean electricity by 2045.
More battery storage helps the state maintain a clean and reliable power grid - 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 largest source of supply to power the grid at one point during the day. That milestone demonstrates how batteries will be essential to powering the state's clean energy future.
Governor Newsom joined state officials at a battery storage and solar facility in Winters to celebrate the milestone on Thursday during Earth Week.
We're in the midst of one of the biggest transformations of our time - and California is once again leading the way."
Governor Gavin Newsom
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