Rounding up a busy week’s worth of energy storage activity from the UK market, as reported by our colleagues at Solar Power Portal.

Energy storage fund investment manager Gore Street has released its full-year results, reiterating how internationalisation helped it weather falling revenues in the UK – though not enough to maintain its dividend level.

We hear from Gresham House and optimisers Capalo AI and Flower on the BESS industry’s move away from merchant-only models towards more contracted revenues.

A 150MW BESS at the flagship Cleve Hill solar and storage project in the UK can now go ahead after its refusal by the local council was successfully appealed.

Battery storage technology well and truly arrived at this year’s edition of Glastonbury, the world’s largest music and arts festival, helping power numerous parts including the Arcadia stage.

Construction is underway on Cero Generation’s first solar and storage project in the UK, Larks Green, while its second one will differ substantially on the size of the grid connection.

Vanadium redox flow battery (VRFB) firm Invinity Energy Systems sold or won funding for 136.7MWh of product in 2023, while growing revenues 500%.

The UK and Ireland’s energy storage pipeline is rapidly growing, with co-located solar PV and storage comprising around 20% of planned capacity, writes Mollie McCorkindale of Solar Media Market Research.

Elements Green has secured planning permission for its Staythorpe battery energy storage system (BESS) in the East Midlands region of the UK.

Rankings by EY of the most attractive markets for renewable energy investment include battery storage, with US, China and UK as frontrunners.