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Southampton Committee Says Battery Storage Should Be Small and Far From Homes

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The committee that has been working on a crafting a strategy for how Southampton Town should approach battery energy storage systems, or BESS facilities, said that the town could cap the size of such systems at 5 megawatts and bar them from residential areas to address concerns by some about safety, while still allowing a number of the facilities to be constructed. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The committee that has been working on a crafting a strategy for how Southampton Town should approach battery energy storage systems, or BESS facilities, said that the town could cap the size of such systems at 5 megawatts and bar them from residential areas to address concerns by some about safety, while still allowing a number of the facilities to be constructed. MICHAEL WRIGHT

The BESS facility at the Cove Hollow power substation in East Hampton.

The BESS facility at the Cove Hollow power substation in East Hampton.

Janice Scherer and Seth Race outlined the recommendations for new BESS systems in Southampton Town last week, including barring them from residential areas, capping the size of standalone BESS facilities at 5 megawatts and requiring that they be on properties of at least 1 acre in industrial zones and at least 300 feet from a residential property. MICHAEL WRIGHT

Janice Scherer and Seth Race outlined the recommendations for new BESS systems in Southampton Town last week, including barring them from residential areas, capping the size of standalone BESS facilities at 5 megawatts and requiring that they be on properties of at least 1 acre in industrial zones and at least 300 feet from a residential property. MICHAEL WRIGHT

authorMichael Wright on Nov 26, 2024
A committee that has spent the last eight months examining the potential applications for battery energy storage systems, known as BESS facilities, has concluded that Southampton Town could prohibit the... more

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