Vattenfall powers up plans for batteries at Welsh wind farm

Madeleine Cuff
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22MW battery system will store power from the 76-turbine Pen y Cymoedd wind farm in Wales to help stabilise the grid

Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has confirmed plans to create Wales' largest wind-plus-storage energy site at the 228MW Pen y Cymoedd wind farm. Later this year the 76-turbine wind farm, the largest...

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