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Silos for sunshine: We’ve mastered harvesting the sun, but storage is the gamechanger

E21NS  E21NS  E21NS  E21NS  E21NS October 31, 2025 Ember | Global | renewables: storage

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Electricity is the ultimate perishable good. Storage is essential, growing 6 times more than forecast. Batteries curtail overbuilding grids, enabling off-peak power. In 2024, over 160 GWh of battery storage was deployed at reduced prices, almost doubling total storage. More storage means more local energy and less transmission.

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