EnergyReader · 2026-08-06 20:48

Ofgem cuts LDES list to 16 projects, backing pumped hydro over batteries

By EnergyReader Newsroom · August 6, 2026

Ofgem has cut its long duration electricity storage support list from 77 candidate projects to 16, a "minded-to-decision" that clears the way for cap-and-floor revenue support on a handful of UK schemes. The regulator's shortlist includes three pumped storage hydro projects, one compressed air energy storage facility and a slate of other technologies, but it is the pumped hydro names that dominate the headline capacity.

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