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Nick Smirnoff

The facility's heart are these batteries stored in the 6000 square foot building. Edison stated there are roughly the equivalent of 2000 Chevy Volt car batteries in these racks. It is at present one of the largest "battery storage" systems in the world, with 8MW of power and capable of storing 32MWh of energy.