Additional reporting by Edward White, Rachel Millard and Maya de Souza. Additional development by Dan Clark.
Fuel mix, generation and load data from Grid Status. California operating battery facility locations from EIA data, which is preliminary and relies on self-reported data. Capacity figures are based on EIA totals and facilities constructed in multiple phases may be reported as separate sites. Population data from Copernicus GHSL.
Drone footage of Edwards Sanbord from BlackBoxGuild. Aerial images of Kola Energy Storage from NextEra Energy and of Eland from SOLV Energy, courtesy of Arevon.
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