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What is an energy storage plant?
An energy storage plant contributes to balancing the system by taking off 'excess' electricity during periods of oversupply. This prevents network congestion and curtailment of renewable energy production. Such a plant is compensated accordingly in the current system.
Will energy storage save consumers money?
Advancing energy storage technologies is one of the institute's three foundational pillars, alongside climate change mitigation measures like geoengineering. In Illinois, utility-scale batteries will require subsidies to get off the ground. Eventually, however, they are anticipated to save consumers money.
How much battery storage does Illinois need?
A new analysis from the Union of Concerned Scientists estimates Illinois will need at least 3,000 megawatts of storage in the next five years and over 9,000 megawatts by 2035. A major, insurmountable downfall of lithium-ion batteries is that they're made from scarce critical minerals: lithium, cobalt and nickel.
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