Energy Storage News•5 months ago
Planning barriers ‘threaten to stall momentum’ in UK battery storage market
- •The UK recently experienced its largest year for grid-scale battery storage deployments, indicating strong market growth and increasing grid flexibility.
- •Despite this positive momentum, 'planning barriers' are identified as a critical threat that could significantly slow down future battery storage development and deployment.
- •These regulatory and permitting hurdles pose a risk to the continued expansion of grid-scale storage, potentially impacting grid stability, the pace of decarbonization, and the cost of balancing services for large power consumers and IPPs.
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