Government to ease energy storage planning woes

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Government to ease energy storage planning woes

Ministers hope that move to cut red tape and streamline planning processes could help treble UK energy storage capacity

Energy storage developers are poised for a significant boost today, with the news the government is to pass secondary legislation that would relax planning rules for the fast-expanding sector. The UK...

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