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Batteries could store wind and sun to replace coal power
On Japan’s Hokkaido island, flow batteries store vast amounts of wind and solar energy to replace coal and gas. HEPCO Network’s 130 vanadium tanks power 27,000 homes for four hours, as global utilities seek scalable storage to balance renewables and cut emissions by 2050.
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Sapporo
Japan
Hokkaido
Vanessa Witte
Wood Mackenzie
International Energy Agency
Hokkaido Electric Power Network
Hepco Network
China
Russia
Kara Rodby
Volta Energy Technologies
U.S
Michael Taylor
International Renewable Energy Agency
California
Texas
Nils Gabriel Sefstrom
Vanadis
Setana
Hokkaido Island
Washington Post