Rethink Energy 218: Spain upgrades its hydro to pumped storage, UK cuts offshore wind permitting times, perovskites seek funding

15/03/2025 31 min Temporada 1 Episodio 218

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Spain's utility Iberdrola is upgrading its pre-existing hydropower reservoirs to pumped hydro - a huge potential storage reservoir for Western Europe. The UK has announced it will expedite offshore wind permitting times, potentially halving lead times in the world's second-largest market for such projectsSome perovskite solar manufacturers have raised the funding they need to fund mass production and commercialisation - but many others haven't yet, in the context of economic uncertainty and a looming recession.

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