Energy storage for renewables can be a good investment today, study finds

Utility companies or others planning to install renewable energy systems such as solar and wind farms have to decide whether to include large-scale energy storage systems that can capture power when it’s available and release it on demand. This decision may be critical to the future growth of renewable energy.

The choices can be complicated: Would such a system actually pay for itself through increased revenues? If so, which kind of system makes the most sense, and which features of the system are most important? If not, how much cheaper do storage technologies need to be?

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Ken Notes: Wisconsin could be the next Silicon Valley if we focused on new storage technologies and battery tech. This industry will be exponentially larger than computers and has only just begun...