UK battery storage pipeline expands to over 95GW

Michael Holder
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Credit: Enviromena

New data from RenewableUK reveals how pipeline of battery storage projects either in operation, consented, in the planning system or under development has grown two-thirds in a year

The UK's battery storage pipeline has grown by over two-thirds over the past year, with 95.6GW of projects now either operational, under construction, consented, or in the planning stages, according to...

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