'Summer of storage': EDF Renewables celebrates planning approval for Braintree battery project

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'Summer of storage': EDF Renewables celebrates planning approval for Braintree battery project

Major 57MW/117MWh grid-scale battery project becomes the latest energy storage project to add to burgeoning UK pipeline

EDF Renewables is celebrating securing planning permission to build a 57MW/117MWh grid-scale battery project in Braintree, Essex. The developer yesterday hailed a "summer of storage", highlighting how...

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