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Batteries beat gas peakers on cost globally, but U.S. faces trade headwinds

A Wood Mackenzie report says four-hour battery storage is now cheaper than open-cycle gas peakers in 43 modeled markets, though tariffs threaten near-term U.S. cost gains.

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