'UK's largest' battery energy storage project switched on in North Yorkshire

Cecilia Keating
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TagEnergy hails energisation of landmark 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system

A 100MW/200MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) described as the UK's largest to date has been brought online at a site in Drax, North Yorkshire. TagEnergy, which owns and operates the Lakeside...

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