Dive Brief:
Energy storage is a cost-effective alternative to traditional transmission lines for integrating renewable energy, maintaining reliability and modernizing the electric grid, according to a recent study.
Using storage as a transmission asset, or SATA, can yield savings for consumers and limit the impacts on land resources and the environment, said the study by the New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium, or NY-BEST, in partnership with Quanta Technology.
It recommends officials improve transmission planning by examining planning rules, tariffs and market designs that the authors say have resulted in “denying and inhibiting SATA development” in New York.
Dive Insight:
An energy storage project would typically have a lighter impact on the land and shorter development, permitting and construction…