More mega-battery sites heading to Coachella Valley as California boosts power grid
July 29, 2024
A battery storage facility under construction near Palm Springs International Airport is just one part of a concerted effort by California to increase energy flexibility throughout the state.
The state has recently instituted regulatory reforms to make it easier to build battery sites that can store energy produced elsewhere and feed it into the power grid when needed. That has helped institute a surge in development across the Coachella Valley and beyond. The facility near the Palm Springs airport will eventually house 13 10-foot-tall batteries, each about the size of a shipping container, which will be capable of storing a combined 20 megawatts of energy.
