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California grid battery storage delivers 12.3GW, covers 42.8% of evening demand alone

On March 29 at 19:00 PDT, California grid battery storage dispatched 12.3GW and single-handedly supplied 42.8% of total state demand at that moment. The EIA now projects that 99% of new US generation capacity in 2026 will be solar, wind, or battery.

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