Masdar completes first project through £1bn UK battery storage strategy

Stuart Stone
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Credit: Masdar

Operations begin at first project to be completed since UAE state-owned clean energy firm's acquisition of Arlington Energy

The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, or Masdar, has today announced the start of commercial operations at its new battery energy storage system (BESS) facility in Stockport - the first project to be completed...

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