‘It’s clearly for pumped hydro’: UK BESS owner-operators turn against LDES cap and floor

Leading BESS owner-operators in the UK have signalled their opposition to the government’s cap and floor support scheme for long-duration energy storage (LDES) in an open letter. We spoke to one its signatories James Basden, founder of Zenobē, about why.

‘It’s clearly for pumped hydro’: UK BESS owner-operators turn against LDES cap and floor

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