Plans for giant battery storage project aims to usurp gas hub proposals

Cecilia Keating
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A battery storage facility similar to the project planned in Blyth | Credit: Enviromena
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A battery storage facility similar to the project planned in Blyth | Credit: Enviromena

New Northumberland battery project latest in a flurry of announcements from across the fast-expanding energy storage sector

Plans are being drawn up for a 30MW battery storage system in Northumberland, on a site once earmarked for a new gas hub. Clean energy developer Enviromena announced this morning it is plotting a battery...

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