Mark Wilson is CEO of Intelligent Land Investments, a firm focused on pumped storage hydro and utility-scale battery storage.
Mark Wilson, CEO of Intelligent Land Investments, told a conference of the British Hydropower Association in Glasgow on 24 November that while the current energy crisis offers “a great opportunity for renewables”, long-term energy storage will also be required to fulfil that potential.
Mr Wilson’s company aims to develop 2.5GW of Pump Storage Hydro in Scotland and holds planning consent for the first of three projects, Red John on Loch Ness-side. ILI has also built a portfolio of battery storage sites, mainly in Scotland, which can contribute a further 2GW utility scale projects with green hydrogen to follow.
He said the market recognises the inevitability of energy storage as part of a transition to renewables, mainly…
There can be no net zero without energy storage, CEO tells Glasgow conference
