One scheme, two realities: Batteries vs. pumped hydro

As the 9 June [2025] deadline for the first application window of the UK's cap-and-floor scheme approaches and with Ofgem's consultation on how to assess long-duration storage projects closing later this month, tensions are simmering. Battery storage developers say the policy tilts the playing field. So, what is going on? inspiratia looks into the growing friction between long and short-duration storage, and what is at stake as the UK tries to back the right technologies without distorting the market.