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The EIA reports that battery storage is increasingly co-located with new utility-scale solar photovoltaic capacity, with over 16% of new utility-scale solar capacity as of September 2026 including co-located storage.
Rising co-location of batteries with solar gives utilities and data-center-linked loads more dispatchable supply, easing the firming problem for round-the-clock AI power demand.
Trade pressSlicast · October 30, 2026 at 14:00 UTC · Global · Source: EIA Today in Energy
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