Royal Society: UK has 'seriously underestimated' energy storage needs

Michael Holder
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Does the UK need more underground salt caverns to store green hydrogen? | Credit: iStock
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Does the UK need more underground salt caverns to store green hydrogen? | Credit: iStock

Influential organisation estimates UK likely to need 100TWh of grid-scale energy storage in 2050, as it argues that green hydrogen is likely to offer the cheapest scalable option

The need for large-scale, long-term electricity storage to support Britain's grid as it is increasingly supplied by significant levels of wind and solar power has been "seriously underestimated", with...

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