In January, the Renewable Energy Association triumphantly announced that it would be a “breakthrough year” for energy storage. It wasn’t the only one to hail a turning point. Energy storage has been rapidly rising to the top of the industry and political agenda, as its pivotal role in the power system of the future becomes clear. While there are still major policy, regulatory and financial hurdles to the mass rollout of storage, at grid level and below, the impetus to overcome these problems is growing. This special ebook features Utility Week’s top ten news stories relating to energy storage from the past six months, followed by a selection of our best in-depth features on the topic drawn from the magazine from 2014 to the present day.
PREMIUM: Energy storage: the evolution of a sector
