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Powering up: Four challenges for the UK's fledgling energy storage sector

Jocelyn Timperley
clock 07 September 2016 •
Powering up: Four challenges for the UK's fledgling energy storage sector

SmartestEnergy report reveals key challenges remain for a nascent battery industry, despite encouraging energy storage auction

Last month National Grid revealed the outcome of its first Enhanced Frequency Response (EFR) auction, with EDF Energy and Vattenfall among the eight companies to be awarded grid-scale battery storage contracts...

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