LDES

The UK’s energy regulator Ofgem has launched a new cap and floor investment support scheme in an effort to unlock billions in funding for new Long Duration Energy Storage (LDES) projects.

Gilkes Energy has announced that it has been awarded planning consent for its Earba Pumped Storage Hydro (PSH) scheme.

The UK government will publish its flexibility road map later this year, setting a precedent for the rollout of long-duration energy storage (LDES).

The government has published its Technical Decision Document confirming the crucial aspects of the long duration electricity storage (LDES) cap-and-floor scheme, with an increase in minimum duration among the main updates.

New vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) technology from Invinity Energy Systems makes it possible for renewables to replace conventional generation on the grid 24/7, the company has claimed.

Highview Power has revealed plans for a long-duration energy storage (LDES) project using its liquid air energy storage (LAES) technology, in Scotland.

Cornwall Insight has revealed a ‘policy vacuum’ for long-duration energy storage technologies threatens Ireland’s renewables potential.

President of the IHA Malcolm Turnbull has said that the UK has “almost 7GW of shovel-ready pumped storage hydropower projects with over 135GWh storage capacity”.

The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has said the UK government must “act fast” on LDES technologies.

Bobby Smith, president of the representative group Energy Storage Ireland, sits down at Energy Storage Summit 2024 to discuss the past, present and future of energy storage for the country.