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New analysis from LCP’s Energy Analytics team highlights how rapidly scaling up battery storage capacity in Great Britain is key to avoiding large volumes of renewable energy wastage and providing clean energy to power millions of homes. Based on current wind power capacity, LCP estimates an extra 20GWh of battery storage could reduce the amount of wind power wasted by up to 50%. LCP predict by 2025, wind curtailments between Scotland and England will cost consumers £1bn per year. This figu...

Ramping up investment in energy storage could cut curtailed wind output in Great Britain by as much as 50%, according to energy analytics outfit LCP. Based on current wind power capacity, LCP estimates an extra 20 gigawatt-hours of battery storage could reduce the amount of wind power wasted by up to 50%. The company predicts that by 2025, wind curtailments between Scotland and England will cost consumers £1bn per year, a figure that it said is likely to grow if the government’s 40GW offshor...

Copy to Clipboard The Art of Political Murder (HBO) In April 1998, Bishop Juan Gerardi was attacked in his garage and beaten to death. The human rights activist had presented a report that outlined the atrocities of the army in the wake of the Guatemalan Civil War. Three army officers – Colonel Byron Disrael Lima Estrada and Captain Byron Lima Oliva (who were father and son), and José Obdulio Villanueva – were convicted of Gerardis murder in 2001 and sentenced to 30-year prison terms.  Bi...