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Massachusetts Energy Storage System
It requires investor-owned utilities to secure 5,000 megawatts (MW) of storage by 2030. The goal is to modernize the grid and integrate renewable energy fully. Energy storage is a significant strategic opportunity for Massachusetts. It can improve grid operations, reduce energy costs, provide backup power through storms, and benefit. . Massachusetts is making a big push for batteries — not the kind you put in a flashlight, but powerful, tractor trailer-sized batteries that store energy for the electric grid. This includes 3,500 MW of mid-duration, 750 MW of long-duration, and another 750 MW for multi-day storage. Systems can be used to reduce peak demand, defer transmission and distribution investments, reduce GHG emissions, reduce cost of renewables integration, defer new capacity investments, and increase grid. .
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