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How batteries can solve Britain’s big renewable energy problem
There are concerns of a looming gap as the supply of renewables grows much faster than the very early stage energy storage market
19 July 2021 • 6:00am
Sprawled across a field in north Wiltshire, dozens of large rectangular boxes on the outskirts of the village of Minety are the latest physical sign of the UK’s energy revolution.
Together, they form the biggest storage battery in Europe, providing 100MW of lithium-ion power to prevent blackouts and volatile costs caused by the country’s increasingly renewables-based energy system.
“We fully support the UK’s target of achieving a net-zero emissions society by 2050. Projects like this will enable that transition,” David Wells, vice-president of Shell Energy Europe, which is helping run the project, said last week.
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