Battery storage projects win big in new Industrial Strategy funding

Madeleine Cuff
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Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund will invest £1bn over the next four years into robotics, batteries, autonomous cars, future materials and other cutting-edge R&D

Battery storage won a major boost from the government late last week, bagging £246m of investment as part of a new £1bn Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) first announced by Chancellor Philip Hammond...

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