Crosstown LRT battery energy storage system (Toronto Star)

Metrolinx scraps Eglinton Crosstown gas plant for ‘innovative’ battery solution. Residents of the Mount Dennis community are breathing easier after Metrolinx agreed to scrap plans to build a gas-fired power plant in their neighbourhood.

The province says the facility, which is designed to provide supplementary power to the LRT, would increase reliability of the transit line, reduce its operating costs, and lower emissions.

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