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Kinsey Grant Baker
Kinsey Grant Baker
Energy Central Team
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NEWS: Figuring Out a Battery Storage System to Fit New York’s Wind and Solar Ambitions Has Not Been Easy

From Staten Island microgrids to Hudson Valley bulk storage, New York battery projects are piling up in permitting bottlenecks, grid studies, and zoning fights. (Inside Climate News)

  • Developers like NineDot and Key Capture Energy say interconnection delays and unpredictable upgrade costs make even well-funded projects feel like a gamble. The NYISO’s cluster study process has 240 battery projects in limbo, many waiting years for a cost estimate.

  • Local opposition is rising too. NYC fire codes require site-by-site approvals, and towns across Long Island are enacting moratoriums after high-profile battery fires.

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