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Large-scale Storage Gains Toehold in the UK

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By David Pickup, Solar Trade Association

The potential for storage to help stabilise the grid has finally been recognised in the UK, where battery projects took all of the 200MW on offer in a recent frequency response tender. David Pickup looks at the evolving role of storage in the future grid and how further policy support can help it flourish.

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