While still several years away, a new lithium-ion battery storage site could be coming to Stratford after an endorsement by city council.

At Monday’s council meeting, planning services director Adam Betteridge presented a proposal to build the facility on land adjacent to property currently owned by Festival Hydro, the city-owned electricity distributor, at 65 Wright Blvd.

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Betteridge’s report outlined this unsolicited proposal from Cordelia BESS Inc., which stems from the Independent Electricity System Operator’s long-term procurement effort – dubbed Long-Term 2 – to increase electricity energy storage capacity in Ontario to keep pace with increasing energy demands.

Ontario’s electricity demands could increase by as much as 75 per cent by 2050, Betteridge’s report no

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