PODCAST: COVID-19 and its impact on the global energy storage sector

By Liam Stoker, Andy Colthorpe
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A completed project of Gore Street Capital's, a UK listed fund which has postponed all construction work on its pipeline for the time being. Image: Gore Street Capital.

The latest episode of the Solar Media Podcast is now available to stream, featuring considerable discussion around the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the energy storage sector.

In April’s pod, Andy Colthorpe and Liam Stoker explore how the pandemic is causing delays to energy storage projects in the US and Europe and a forecasted slowdown in technology cost reductions.

The podcast can be streamed below:

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13 October 2026
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