Amy Scott

Flight to safety and all that?

Flight to safety and all that?

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I'm Amy Scott.

The transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy depends on batteries to store the power produced by the wind and sun for use when the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining.

The transition away from fossil fuels to renewable energy depends on batteries to store the power produced by the wind and sun for use when the wind isn't blowing or the sun isn't shining.

And despite some challenges like tariffs and shifting federal energy policy that favors fossil fuels, U.S.

And despite some challenges like tariffs and shifting federal energy policy that favors fossil fuels, U.S.

battery storage is expected to grow by more than 20 percent this year.

battery storage is expected to grow by more than 20 percent this year.

That's one estimate from a new report by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and the Solar Energy Industries Association.

That's one estimate from a new report by Benchmark Mineral Intelligence and the Solar Energy Industries Association.

As Marketplace's Elizabeth Troval reports, it all comes down to our seemingly insatiable appetite for more electricity.

As Marketplace's Elizabeth Troval reports, it all comes down to our seemingly insatiable appetite for more electricity.

For the lights to stay on, electricity supply and demand must always be balanced.

For the lights to stay on, electricity supply and demand must always be balanced.