851: Batteries vs. Peakers: [Revisiting] How Fluence Is Redefining the Grid
“Storage Was Never Just an Add-On”
What if we’ve been thinking too small about batteries?
In this rebroadcast from RE+, Kiran Kumaraswamy, former VP of Growth at Fluence, makes a bold case for reimagining energy storage—not just as a renewable add-on, but as a foundational tool for grid transformation. Kiran breaks down how the energy storage sector evolved from supporting solar to replacing gas peakers, enhancing transmission, and becoming central to resiliency planning. Long before the IRA supercharged the market, he was urging utilities and regulators to rethink what batteries could do—and…
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