“#TransAlta's #WindCharger, for instance, stores power from nearby wind turbines in the #PincherCreek area. The 10-MW facility has been in operation since late 2020.

For new energy-storage projects attached to wind or solar generation, however, #Alberta's pause on new renewables poses a problem.

"Our understanding is that, where storage is directly connected to a renewable facility, it's paused with the rest of the renewable facility," said Robert Tremblay with #EnergyStorageCanada,”