Additional reporting by Edward White, Rachel Millard and Maya de Souza. Further development by And Clark.
Data on energy mix, production and load from the state of the network. Locations of operating battery facilities in California from EIA data, which is preliminary and based on self-reported data. Capacity figures are based on EIA totals and facilities constructed in multiple phases may be reported as separate sites. Demographics of Copernicus GHSL.
Drone footage from Edwards Sanbord of BlackBoxGuild. Aerial images of NextEra Energy’s Kola Energy Storage and SOLV Energy’s Eland, courtesy of Arevon.
