Energy Storage Has Arrived

<p>Energy storage has arrived.&nbsp;</p><p>This year brought numerous record-breaking battery projects, dozens of acquisitions and partnerships, and over a dozen utility integrated resource plans that factor storage. Within a decade, the U.S. storage market could be 25 times bigger than it is today -- swamping natural gas peaker plants, and enabling a vast array of new grid applications.</p><p>In this week's episode, we open up our vault of data and describe the state of storage in America:&nbsp;which sectors are dominating, how utilities are thinking about the technology, where the economics stand, and what to look for in 2018.</p><p>Plus, we'll have a conversation with Green Mountain Power CEO Mary Powell about how customer-sited battery storage fits into the utility's broad culture and tech shift.</p><p><em>This podcast is sponsored by Mission Solar Energy, a solar module manufacturer based in San Antonio, Texas.&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.missionsolar.com/" target="_blank"><em>Find out more</em></a><em>&nbsp;about Mission’s American-made, high-power modules.</em></p><p>Recommended reading:</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.greentechmedia.com/research/subscription/u-s-energy-storage-monitor#gs.j9KMfE8" target="_blank">GTM Research</a>: U.S. Energy Storage Monitor, Q4 2017</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/top-10-energy-storage-stories-of-2017#gs.6oD=QGI" target="_blank">GTM</a>:&nbsp;The 10 Stories That Defined Energy Storage in 2017</p><p>·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.greentechmedia.com/squared/read/watch-the-live-broadcast-from-us-energy-storage-summit-2017#gs.8DnTgak" target="_blank">GTM Squared</a>:&nbsp;Watch the Live Broadcast From US Energy Storage Summit 2017</p><p><em>Make sure to subscribe to The Energy Gang on Apple podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, or wherever you get your audio.</em></p>