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title: "How smaller, distributed batteries could help the grid"
description: "If you want to install a big battery in New York City, you have to cut through a notoriously tough tangle of regulations. That’s made it difficult to get large energy storage projects on the grid. Faced with those obstacles, some startups are getting creative, finding ways to use relatively small batteries in unexpected places,…"
author: "Casey Crownhart"
section: ai-tech
published: 2026-10-08T13:31:14.671668+00:00
canonical: https://valorandventures.media/article/dbac8e0e-1518-40dd-8ac6-c78c6c0215c9
publisher: "Valor & Ventures Media"
source: "MIT Technology Review"
source_url: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/01/1145435/distributed-batteries/
access: free
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# How smaller, distributed batteries could help the grid

*If you want to install a big battery in New York City, you have to cut through a notoriously tough tangle of regulations. That’s made it difficult to get large energy storage projects on the grid. Faced with those obstacles, some startups are getting creative, finding ways to use relatively small batteries in unexpected places,…*

## Article

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Casey Crownhart · MIT Technology Review

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Originally published by MIT Technology Review: https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/10/01/1145435/distributed-batteries/