'Huge appetite among investors': UK's battery storage pipeline surges to almost 85GW

Michael Holder
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Credit: Enviromena

But trade body RenewableUK warns sector faces bottleneck as a result of the UK's sluggish grid connection and planning processes

The UK's total pipeline of battery storage projects has reached almost 85GW of capacity, having grown by almost two-thirds over the past year alone, according to fresh data released today by RenewableUK....

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