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POWER: UK ESO Blames Old Computers, Power Systems for Underutilising BESS

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The UK's National Grid has blamed old computer systems and a dated power network as the reasons for not being able to use batteries that store renewable power often, it said, cited by Financial Times.

  • The announcement comes after developer Harmony’s data – verified by the ESO – showed that batteries are being underused over 90% of the time during constraint periods for some sites.
  • As a result, consumers are paying more, renewable output is wasted, and fossil fuel generation is being used instead, Harmony said on 17 Sept. 
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The UK's National Grid has blamed old computer systems and a dated power network as the reasons for not being able to use batteries that store renewable power often, it said, cited by Financial Times.

  • The announcement comes after developer Harmony’s data – verified by the ESO – showed that batteries are being underused over 90% of the time during constraint periods for some sites.
  • As a result, consumers are paying more, renewable output is wasted, and fossil fuel generation is being used instead, Harmony said on 17 Sept.