Britain’s grid battery storage record is maddening | The UK is great at building renewables but not the batteries needed to use green electricity effectively - eviltoast
  • egonallanon@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    I mean in the UK that’s almost exclusively the form of grid scale energy storage takes, indeed one of the largest generating plants in the UK is a pumped hydro facility.

    As to why ti’s not deployed more it’s matters of location and cost often feature heavily.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      indeed one of the largest generating plants in the UK is a pumped hydro facility.

      That’s awesome, thanks for letting me know