This energy company wants Augusta factory to manufacture batteries the size of houses

A Georgia-based energy-storage manufacturer hopes its proposed Augusta plant will speed the production of some of the world's largest batteries. Stryten Energy in Alpharetta is asking the city's perimssion to handle, store and process sulfuric acid on a portion of 3464 Mike Padgett Hwy. that it wants to rename the Southeast Energy Storage Park. Stryten also is a finalist for a U.S. Department of Energy prize awarded to companies who can best accelerate the "domestic manufacturing of critical clean energy technology components," according to the DOE. Safety first:Feds could fine...