Deep in the Heart of Texas Oil Country, Batteries Are Booming (1)

“Drill, baby, drill” may be Texas’s unofficial motto, but “store, baby, store” is becoming more accurate.

The Lone Star State may be the heart of America’s oil and gas map, but it’s quickly becoming the biggest installer of a technology key for renewables development: battery storage. However, it remains to be seen if it can keep up the pace as tariffs rise to 145% on China, the biggest source of batteries imported to the US.

Last year, some 4 gigawatts of battery capacity — enough to power around 3 million homes — switched on in the state, besting the pace of similar ...