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California’s Big Battery Bet
Following a 2020 summer of blackouts, the darkest since early this century, California is hoping that it can avoid replays in the future by investing in batteries. Big batteries. That are expensive. And come with significant energy storage limitations.
Bloomberg News is reporting that by August, there will be 1,700 megawatts of new battery capacity across the state “enough to power 1.3 million homes” connected to the grid. “In theory,” it should be enough to prevent another emergency, such as the 2020 outage, in which more than 800,000 homes and businesses lost power.
Aegis Living created outdoor living rooms, like this one, so residents can safely visit with family. Credit: Courtesy of Aegis Living We find our way. How older adults are coping with pandemic isolation Dec 23, 2020
Wolfgang Mack remembers the early days of the lockdown.
âEverything was done for us to make us almost forget we were in lockdown,â said Mack, 91. âIt felt like a never-ending cruise, you know.â
Mack and his wife Francesca, 85, had just moved to Aegis Living on Mercer Island. They manage to keep in touch with friends and family by phone and, like many of us, through Zoom.