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A big battery is coming to Vancouver Island. What can it actually do?

BC Hydro is partnering with the province to bring BC's first utility-scale battery energy storage project to Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island.

B.C.’s first utility-scale battery could strengthen the Island grid by 2030—but its duration, cost and relationship to Island Generation remain unanswered

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