Duke Energy’s first battery energy storage system (BESS) project was this 9MW facility in Asheville, North Carolina, commissioned in 2020. Image: Duke Energy.
Major US utility company Duke Energy’s carbon reduction plan for its North and South Carolina businesses includes proposals for a “significant growth” in energy storage deployments.
The company said in its Carolinas Carbon Plan, filed yesterday with the regulatory North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) that it wants to put between 3,700MW and 5,900MW of energy storage in its service area by 2035.
This would support the growth of renewables, including a tripling of solar PV installations from current levels and the addition of wind power resources to diversify its renewable energy portfolio, the company said.
By 2035, this would equate to between about 7,600MW and 11,900MW of new solar PV, on top…