Battery Storage Sets Q1 Record While Fueling AI Boom
What’s new: The U.S. energy storage sector just posted its strongest first quarter in history, installing 9.7 Gigawatt-hours (GWh) of new capacity.Why it matters: I don’t like to throw large numbers at you without context. Here’s what you need to know to understand what 9.7 GWh means: * Battery capacity is measured in energy. Energy is power (measured in Watts) times time (expressed in hours). Whenever you see something measured in kilowatt, Megawatt, or Gigawatt hours, that’s a measure of how long that amount of stored energy can power an electrical load. When we’re sizing batteries for home…
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