long duration energy storage

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.

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

A new article from a University of Manchester researcher highlights the importance of LDES technology in the move towards net zero.

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.

Government has launched its consultation on its proposals for kickstarting investment into long-duration energy storage (LDES), which includes a cap-and-floor mechanism and excluding lithium-ion from being eligible.

SSE Renewables has unveiled plans to convert Britain’s “largest conventional hydro power plant” into a new pumped hydro storage facility.

UK power generator SSE has confirmed it will allocate £100 million in capital to boost Coire Glas – a Scottish-based pumped hydro storage project with the potential to be the “biggest” in 40 years.

Inverter supplier Sungrow and developer Constantine Energy Storage are partnering on 825MWh of BESS projects in the UK, including two with discharge durations of nearly three hours.