The future of a proposed 400-megawatt battery storage facility in Chino, California, is in doubt after the project failed to gain the necessary votes at a planning commission meeting, CBS Los Angeles reported.
Some supporters view the project as a way to support cleaner, more dependable electricity. Others question the facility’s safety, particularly given its proposed location near a public park.
What’s happening?
According to CBS Los Angeles, Aypa wants to build the Dirac Energy Storage Project beside an existing Southern California Edison substation and across from Ayala Park. Many residents expressed opposition, though, and on Wednesday night, the city’s planning commission voted against the project, putting its future in serious doubt.
The proposed facility would rely on lithium iron phosphate, or LFP, batteries that charge when power is plentiful and discharge back to the grid when demand climbs…