Green light for Swindon council's giant 50MW battery project

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One of the UK's largest energy storage projects now seeking investors having cleared planning hurdle

Swindon could soon become home to one of the UK's largest energy storage projects, after a council-backed company secured planning permission for a giant 50MW facility on a brownfield site in the town....

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