'Europe's largest': Zenobe plots 'pioneering' 100MW battery project near Chester

Cecilia Keating
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Zenobe claims Battery will be largest grid-connected battery in Europe and first to absorb reactive power directly from a transmission network

Zenobe Energy has announced plans for a "pioneering" 100MW battery storage project in north-west England, which it claims will be the largest of its kind in Europe once up and running next year. Situated...

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