SDG&E to add five new battery storage facilities

San Diego Union-Tribune: In California’s quest to blend more renewable energy sources into the power grid, energy storage has repeatedly become one of the answers the state’s policymakers have turned to.

Late last week, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a proposal from San Diego Gas & Electric to build five new energy storage projects, each using lithium-ion battery technology, at facilities in San Diego, Poway, Escondido, Fallbrook and San Juan Capistrano.

The projects will total 83.5 megawatts — enough to power about 55,000 homes for four hours.

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