What the published data actually shows
Each of these comes out of the same pipeline that feeds the tool. Every figure traces to a published file, and anything inferred says so.
No permitted battery capacity remains in any zone
NESO rations connections against the Clean Power 2030 targets. Queue formation allocated all of the battery allowance, and the published remaining figure is zero in all nineteen zones.
Read it →120 GW is queued at connection nodes that do not exist
122 strategic connection nodes created by the connections reform hold 120 GW of contracted storage between them, and not one megawatt of Gate 2.
Read it →A battery in Scotland charges six times as often as it discharges
A full year of Elexon settlement data shows Scottish batteries being used as a sink for constrained wind, while English batteries are called up and paid.
Read it →The operators who have built batteries hold almost no Gate 2
Nineteen companies in the connection register are the same registered entity as a lead party trading a battery today. Between them they hold 500 MW of Gate 2, all of it at one applicant.
Read it →Battery duration has risen from 1.4 hours to 3.4
The capacity market de-rating classes state duration explicitly. Weighted by connection capacity, it has more than doubled across five delivery years.
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