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A Berkeley Lab-led study shows over 1,300 gigawatts of solar, storage, and wind in interconnection queues: an indicator of a major energy transition underway, even if most proposed projects will not be built.

Berkeley Lab Research Scientist Sean Lubner is studying materials that can help better store renewable energy to power large-scale systems.

Berkeley Lab scientists discuss how advances in energy storage can help us prevent extreme weather-related blackouts, adopt more renewable energy, and build bigger, better, more environmentally responsible batteries.

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