“Battery storage is going to be an extremely important part of net zero,” says Nick Winser, the UK’s electricity networks commissioner, at Solar Media’s Energy Storage Summit EU 2024.
Government has launched its consultation on its proposals for kickstarting investment into long-duration energy storage (LDES), which includes a cap-and-floor mechanism and excluding lithium-ion from being eligible.
CATL and Quinbrook have signed an agreement that could see the Chinese battery manufacturer’s first 1GWh+ project using its EnerC Plus battery storage technology in the UK.
Green energy company EDF Renewables UK has secured planning permission for three grid-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) in recent weeks, totalling 221MW in capacity.