Investment in battery storage systems across the US has surged in 2024, especially in Texas. The FT’s Myles McCormick looks at how climactic conditions that lead to a fluctuating power supply, combined with the state’s low-regulation, business-friendly energy market has created ideal conditions to build battery storage sites quickly and at scale. But are we looking at a boom-bust market?
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