'No time to waste': Existing long duration energy storage tech could cut industrial emissions by almost two thirds

Stuart Stone
clock • 3 min read
Credit: iStock
Image:

Credit: iStock

Combining long duration energy storage and renewables has the potential to slash carbon footprint from mines, data centres, food processing, and industrial plants, new study finds

Existing long-duration energy storage (LDES) technologies could slash global industrial emissions by up to 65 per cent if effective policy support is put in place, according to a new study from the LDES...

To continue reading this article...

Join BusinessGreen

In just a few clicks you can start your free BusinessGreen Lite membership for 12 months, providing you access to:

  • Three complimentary articles per month covering the latest real-time news, analysis, and opinion from Europe’s leading source of information on the Green economy and business
  • Receive important and breaking news stories via our daily news alert
  • Our weekly newsletter with the best of the week’s green business news and analysis

Join now

 

Already a BusinessGreen member?

Login

More on Energy

Support for clean energy is helping to slash energy import costs, study shows

Support for clean energy is helping to slash energy import costs, study shows

New analysis of four major economies shows how the roll out of clean technologies is saving billions of dollars from being spent on fossil fuel imports

James Murray
clock 11 September 2026 • 4 min read
Plans for Scotland's first electrolyser facility unveiled

Plans for Scotland's first electrolyser facility unveiled

Hydrasun partners with Norwegian hydrogen technology company Nel to develop Scotland's first electrolyser facility at a site in Aberdeen

clock 10 September 2026 • 2 min read
IEA warns Iran war set to push up global coal demand to record level

IEA warns Iran war set to push up global coal demand to record level

Agency forecasts global coal demand that had been expected to fall this year is now set to climb 1.2 per cent

James Murray
clock 10 September 2026 • 3 min read