Cost of wind curtailment hits record high of £507m in 2021
The cost of curtailing wind generation in 2021 hit a record high, costing Britain £507 million.
Articles tagged with: long duration energy storage
Drax makes pumped hydro expansion contingent on long duration energy storage framework
Drax has submitted an application for planning consent to expand its pumped hydro Cruachan Power Station in Scotland to 1GW, but stressed the need for proper frameworks to support long duration energy storage in the UK.
Current±, took a look at a few of the winning Stream One technologies being explored as potential LDES solutions.
SSE calls for long-duration electricity storage policy support following security strategy
SSE has renewed its call for policy support for long-duration electricity storage (LDES), following the government’s British Energy Security Strategy.
RheEnergise CEO Stephen Crosher explains how RheEnergise’s high-density pumped hydro solution could become a cornerstone of the energy storage market.
Cap and floor mechanism for long-duration storage would unlock billions of investment, alliance says following ministerial rountable
A meeting between energy storage representatives and energy minister Greg Hands has this week taken place, with discussions centring on unlocking investment in energy storage technologies.
Up to 24GW of long duration storage needed for 2035 net zero electricity system - Aurora
Deploying large quantities of long duration electricity storage (LDES) could reduce system costs and reliance on gas, but greater policy support is needed to enable this, Aurora Energy Research has found.
Cap and floor mechanism the 'standout solution' for long duration storage, KPMG finds
A cap and floor regime would be the most beneficial solution for supporting long duration energy storage, a KPMG report has found.
New Long Duration Energy Storage Council launched at COP26
At the ongoing COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, a new CEO-led long-duration energy story organisation has been announced.