An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world.
Employees working on battery units at the solar project, which is owned by AES, a Virginia company that holds utilities and power plants across the world.
The new projects would include a Westinghouse reactor, like those used in the recent construction of two units at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga.
Energy costs have become a central issue in the governorβs race between Jack Ciattarelli, the Republican, and Representative Mikie Sherrill, the Democrat.