Will Jupiter power build a giant battery farm in Everett?

Developer Jupiter Power plans a giant battery farm in Everett, called Trimount Energy Storage, on part of what was once an oil tank farm. This is a preliminary rendering of the project, as seen from Beacham Street. Rendering courtesy of Jupiter

Is a lithium battery plant better than a pumped battery plant?

For that purpose—a few hundred megawatts of extra power for a few hours—a lithium battery plant is much cheaper, easier, and quicker to build than a pumped storage plant, says NREL senior research fellow Paul Denholm. But a few hours of energy storage won’t cut it on a fully decarbonized grid.

Could a giant battery farm be in Everett?

Rendering courtesy of Jupiter Massachusetts regulators have given a green light to developers planning a giant battery farm in Everett over objections from the city’s mayor, who prefers a more vibrant development on the 20 acres where the project would go.

Is battery storage a solution to the EV industry?

In an interview with Electric Autonomy, Broderick Gunning, CEO of Energy Plug, explains that battery storage offers solutions to many challenges in the EV industry. “I was in the electric vehicle business there’s a lack of infrastructure,” he says.

Could ExxonMobil be turned into a lithium-ion battery farm?

Environmental groups have praised the idea of turning this polluted land, formerly an ExxonMobil oil tank farm, into a lithium-ion battery farm that could deliver as much as 750 megawatts of power — roughly the equivalent of a typical nuclear reactor — during times of peak demand.

Which countries have pumped storage plants?

In the Alps, where pumped storage was invented in the late 19th century, Switzerland opened a plant in 2022 called Nant de Drance that can deliver 900 megawatts for as long as 20 hours. Austria, too, has ambitious plans.