Dundee campaigners brand battery storage site plans a 'disaster waiting to happen'

Dundee campaigners brand battery storage site plans a 'disaster waiting to happen'

Vital Energi want to build a 50MW battery energy storage system near the Dighty Burn.

RESIDENTS CHARGED UP OVER PROSPECT OF BATTERY STORAGE SITE IN LA MESA NEIGHBORHOOD

Climate Action Planbattery energy storage firesNewsGreen SceneGreen BeatCommunitiesLa Mesa/Mt. HelixStory and Photos By Karen Pearlman   April 11, 2025  (La Mesa) --  “No matter how it’s sugarcoated, battery storage facilities are dystopian looking, loud, detrimental to real estate values and potentially deadly,” La Mesa City Councilmember Laura Lothian says.   For several years, Lothian (pictured above, with Heartland Fire & Rescue Fire Chief B…

Battery energy storage systems near Kerr County schools: An unacceptable risk to our children

These facilities are in every news cycle, but I have not seen much in terms of how they might specifically affect our students and teachers. The rapid proliferation of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) across Texas, and potentially Kerr County,…

Fear, frustration, little info at town hall on battery storage project

Little new information was shared at a town hall hosted by La Mesa City Councilmember Laura Lothian about a proposed 18 megawatts battery storage facility, but it became a place for neighbors to vent frustration and fear surrounding the project. Comments from fire and city officials clarified why so little is known about the project: EnerSmart Storage has not filed any updated plans with the city since 2023. La Mesa director of community develop…

Electricity generation from wind and sun will fluctuate – battery storage will soon be able to compensate for this. Hundreds of projects have requested connections to the electricity grid. By 2029, more than 200 gigawatt hours will be stored.