RE: Miliband Backing Battery Power3 Feb 2026 12:52
This 'big' BESS installation can only sustain (3,100 MWh) @ 1500MW = 3100/1500 = 2.07 hour, before it needs recharging!
BIG DEAL!!!!???? A short-term solution, quite literally. Convinced by smooth talking investors no doubt, to consume more land and build risky lithium ion battery installations.
Why don't government listen to the experts who understand these units and know that the required storage scale is not mere hours, but days, weeks and months if we are to rely on renewable energy significantly. See the Royal Society report . Pumped storage capacity is way off, flow-batteries not bad for medium term, but gas is king, a significant proportion of which will likely be green H2 not methane if we are to reduce GHG emissions.