Northern Ireland energy storage project bags extra €8.3m from EU

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Gaelectric hails second round of EU funding for its compressed air energy storage project, as EIB announces €62m investment in renewable energy fund

A novel Northern Irish project that plans to use compressed air to store energy has received an additional €8.3m in EU funding, the firm behind the scheme announced on Monday. The project, which is...

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