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Recommendation 5

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Long-term low carbon energy storage development faces significant market and policy barriers.

Conclusion
While short-term energy storage has some market drivers, the development of long-term, inter-seasonal storage at the scale expected to be required faces market, policy and regulatory barriers. The UK economy will require a significant level of low carbon energy storage of this type in order to achieve the Government’s net zero energy goals while maintaining energy security and avoiding energy shortfalls.
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Government Response

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