Electric utilities will not provide New Yorkers with the alternatives because they are getting wealthy building the wind and solar systems politicians are demanding. These systems will be paid for in higher bills by New Yorkers.
New York To Purchase Batteries to Back-Up Offshore Wind
New York will purchase a 100-megawatt battery system to back up its offshore wind fleet, which is expected to total 9 gigawatts of capacity by 2035. The battery will be supplied by South Korean developer 174 Power Global, who has announced plans for the battery system, which will store energy to be used during peak demand in New York City. NY utility Con Edison will buy the power and bid it into the wholesale market for seven years. The batteries will be housed in dozens of containers and connected to a nearby Con Edison transmission substation, which will be able to supply 400-megawatt-hours of power into the grid.
