'Urgent' action needed to boost flexibility of UK power system

Michael Holder
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UKERC report calls for battery storage and DSR boosts to ensure energy security and avoid rising costs of renewables integration

Much greater flexibility needs building into the UK power system in order to preserve energy security and avoid spiralling costs of intermittency from green energy, the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)...

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