'Green day': UK Infrastructure Bank prepares £200m energy storage investment

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'Green day': UK Infrastructure Bank prepares £200m energy storage investment

Bank announces it is working with Centrica to drive investment and development in crucial energy storage technologies through two new funds

The UK Infrastructure Bank has announced plans to invest up to £200m across two investment funds to support the development of new energy storage projects, in a move which it said it hoped would "drive...

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