Additional reporting by Edward White, Rachel Millard and Maya de Souza. Additional development by Dan Clark.
Fuel mix, production and load data from grid status. Location of operational battery facilities in California based on EIA data. This is preliminary and relies on self-reported data. Capacity figures are based on EIA totals, and facilities built in multiple phases may be reported as separate sites. Population data from Copernicus GHSL.
Drone footage from Edwards Sanbord of BlackBoxGuild. Aerial photo of NextEra Energy’s Kola Energy Storage and SOLV Energy’s Eland, provided of Arevon.
