Source · Select Committees · Environmental Audit Committee
Recommendation 8
8
Deferred
Paragraph: 47
Publish comprehensive energy storage strategy by 2025, detailing required capacity for net zero.
Recommendation
By the end of 2025 at the latest, the Government must publish an energy storage strategy, underpinned by robust analysis, that indicates to the market the capacity and type of both short-term and long-term energy storage which will be required in a net zero energy system, and the measures that Ministers plan to take to ensure that sufficient capacity is in place to meet the system’s needs in 2035 and in 2050.
Government Response Summary
The government did not commit to publishing an energy storage strategy by 2025; instead, it outlined ongoing work by Ofgem and NESO on connections reform to accelerate connections for renewable generation and storage projects.
Paragraph Reference:
47
Government Response
Deferred
HM Government
Deferred
Ofgem and Government continue to work with NESO and network companies to implement connections reform. This includes revising network modelling assumptions and allowing projects to connect ahead of network capacity being permanently available. This is already accelerating connections for renewable generation and storage projects. Longer-term connection reforms are also underway to ensure viable generation and demand projects that are aligned with net zero, Clean Power 2030 and other energy objectives can connect to the network faster.