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Stepping up storage in the US

The U.S. storage market is booming. But while the solar PV industry has come a long way, with decades of deployment to look back on, battery energy storage is still coming of age. And when things move fast, things can go wrong. At pv magazine’s Virtual Roundtables USA event in late-November 2020, experts raised the challenges that accompany opportunities for battery storage. A move toward greater maturity allows some lessons to be learned from solar – leveling up energy storage will require commitment from the sector with standards, testing, and quality performance.

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pv magazine

15 Jan 2021

Editors Marian Willuhn and Erica Johnson moderated pv magazine’s Virtual Roundtables USA event, which focused on building the market resiliency of solar and storage amid a changing environment. | Image: pv magazine

The global community is looking to the United States, as the market is taking a leading role in building out battery storage capacity and longer duration systems. And with talks of a transition to 100% clean energy, the marriage of solar+storage will become even stronger for the market in the years to come. Similar to …

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