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From Tuesday's Chronicle Herald:

Energy-storage technology needs to be developed to get more renewable electricity on the grid in Nova Scotia, a Dalhousie University researcher says.

Lukas Swan told a feed-in tariff forum Tuesday in Halifax that storage systems will help developers get projects off the ground when room on the grid is limited.

"Nova Scotia needs storage and we need it sooner rather than later," the engineering professor told a panel discussion on the topic.

The forum heard about an energy storage pilot project that Watts Wind Energy Inc. is involved in as part of its Irish Mountain development in Pictou County.

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