PODCAST: Big Energy’s solar drive and inside long-duration energy storage

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Solar Media's Liam Stoker and Andy Colthorpe take a look at how utilities across the world are increasingly deploying sizeable solar and/or storage plant, and discuss the rise and rise of long-duration storage. 

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