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The American Battery Boom is Real and Two Grids Are Doing Most of the work
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this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2026
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I've seen a dozen or so grid scale battery projects local to me in the NE. The majority are hung up in litigation with local NIMBY opposition. The scale of the opposition always surprises me, I can't help but wonder how much is grassroots vs anti-renewable lobby.
Wow interesting. Maybe in more arid climates there is less opposition because there's fewer trees to preserve? Otherwise I can't imagine why it would be different.
I haven't heard any backlash against batteries here although there has been some against large solar projects.
I usually see people saying the batteries will catch fire and the toxic gasses will kill everyone within 3 miles. Like many NIMBY complaints, they are barely based in reality and blown away out of proportion.