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How much battery storage capacity does CAISO have?

Battery storage capacity grew from about 500 MW in 2020 to 11,200 MW in June 2024 in the CAISO balancing area. Over half of this capacity is physically paired with solar or wind generation, either sharing a point of interconnection under the co-located model or as a single hybrid resource.

How much battery storage capacity will CAISO add in 2023?

Developers plan to add 6,813 MW of battery power storage capacity in CAISO's domain this year, dominated by four-hour lithium-ion resources, roughly double their additions in 2023, according to an analysis of S&P Global Market Intelligence data.

Can a CAISO battery be used as a stand-alone battery?

Currently there are two participation frameworks that allow CAISO resources to combine batteries with other generation technologies in their operations: the hybrid and co-located models. However, many resources operate as stand-alone batteries.

Are CAISO batteries fully charged during a heat wave?

However, aggregate state-of-charge for the CAISO battery fleet tended to stay below 90 percent of total charge capacity (around 13,600 MWh) throughout the heat wave. Batteries would not be fully charged—even in the hours preceding peak load—as a result of any of the constraints listed in Section 3.1.

Why does CAISO not include battery charging?

One quirk of CAISO’s load reporting is that they do not include battery charging, which distorts the picture of total demand on the grid. To ameliorate this, we have added it back in the figure below, which dramatically alters the shape of the load curve for 2024.

How important is battery charging in the CAISO balancing area?

From hours-ending 10 to 13, battery charging represented around 8.3 percent of load in the CAISO balancing area in 2023. During these hours, batteries help reduce the need to curtail or export surplus solar energy at very low prices. Batteries provide the majority of the ISO’s regulation up and regulation down requirements.