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How Are Lithium-ion Batteries that Store Solar and Wind Power Made?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Once the battery looks up to code, it is off to the grid to power our renewable energy future! Battery energy storage is powerful and growing. Battery energy storage can help store clean energy for the grid. Wood Mackenzie estimates that the US will add more than 63 gigawatts more batteries by 2026.

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How Much Land Would it Require to Get Most of Our Electricity from Wind and Solar?

Union of Concerned Scientists

Offshore wind turbines also have a relatively small footprint and are able to use much larger turbines than land-based projects. Of course, to deliver all this clean energy from wind-rich regions in the Midwest and Plains states to major load centers in the East will also require a lot of additional transmission lines.