Batteries Can Replace Nuclear Power
Study: Storage, renewables could replace New York's Indian Point nuke
Krysti Shallenberger, May 9, 2017 (Utility Dive)
“…[Battery energy storage could save New York consumers $315 million if used to replace lost capacity from the impending closure of the Indian Point nuclear facility. A new study from the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium and Strategen Consulting] found 450 MW of energy storage combined with wind, solar and energy efficiency can help replace lost capacity once Entergy's Indian Point nuclear facility shuts down by 2021…Dogged by years of controversy over safety and operational issues, Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Entergy reached a deal at the beginning of 2017 to close the nuclear plant situated 25 miles from New York City…[It] leaves 2,000 MW of capacity to be replaced…[The study’s proposed mix of energy storage, renewables and efficiency would] meet New York's climate and clean energy goals… click here for more
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