Energy storage economically viable within five years

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Report finds drop in battery prices will bring more green electricity on to grid and cut business energy bills

Large-scale energy storage technologies could play a major role in electricity grids by 2016, according to a report that predicts the falling cost of storage systems will help accelerate the rollout of...

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