UK Infrastructure Bank provides £60m loan for Kent energy storage park

Cecilia Keating
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UK Infrastructure Bank provides £60m loan for Kent energy storage park

Sheaf Energy Park expected to be one of the UK's largest battery storage schemes once completed

The UK Infrastructure Bank has announced a £60m loan to support the development of a new 249MW energy storage park at the site of a former thermal power station in Kent. The public infrastructure bank's...

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