Last month, a fire at a battery facility in a San Diego suburb led to evacuations and a shelter-in-place order at a nearby prison. Now, fire officials with Cal Fire San Diego say the fire could take weeks to put out, a local Fox affiliate reported.
Since wind and solar energy only produce electricity under the right weather conditions, green energy proponents are hoping that battery facilities will solve the intermittency problem. Though storing energy from batteries is extremely expensive, the Biden administration is providing funds to build more storage systems. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that the amount of battery storage capacity planned or operating in the United States will double to 30 gigawatts by the end of 2024.
