Houston — A “tsunami” of battery storage is set to sweep across the US in the coming years, a developer said Thursday during CERAWeek by IHS Markit in Houston. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now As costs come down and the market discovers an enthusiasm for storage, the capacity factor will jump because storage can offer the ability to make better use of energy sources, James Hughes, Prisma Energy Capital CEO and managing director, said during the panel discussion Battery Storage for the Grid: Climbing the growth curve. With 1,200 MW of storage counted in 2018 and another 1,200 MW in projects alone planned this year, “it gives you a sense of how quickly things are changing and how this industry is growing,” said Sam Huntington, IHS Markit senior research analyst and session chair, adding that the challenge is finding the role of […]