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California battery’s black start capability hailed as ‘major accomplishment in the energy industry’
May 17, 2017
A utility in Southern California has successfully demonstrated the use of a battery energy storage system to provide a ‘black start’, firing up a combined cycle gas turbine from an idle state.
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