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Mothballed West Springfield plant eyed for $70M battery storage system to meet peak-power demand - MassLive.com

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Mothballed West Springfield plant eyed for $70M battery storage system to meet peak-power demand - masslive.com

WEST SPRINGFIELD – Owners of a shuttered power plant on the Connecticut River want to invest $70 million in a battery storage system that can meet peak power demands — without burning fossil fuels.

Cogentrix, owner of the 74-year-old plant since 2016, is working with Berkshires environmentalists who want to see the same transitions at fossil-fuel plants around the country.

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