In its response to EAC’s report, published today, the Government has set out the steps it is taking to remove market barriers so as to support the rollout of energy storage projects at scale, in order to keep the lights on when renewable energy generation is low.
“This is the main hub of the project — it facilitates the energy to the battery site,” said Mallinson, project manager for Statera Energy’s storage plant in Thurrock, which will be capable of storing and supplying two hours’ worth of electricity to up to 700,000 London homes at less than a second’s notice.
Long Duration Electricity Storage (LDES) technologies contribute to decarbonising and making our energy system more resilient by storing electricity and releasing it when needed. LDES can also help reduce costs for consumers through reducing their bills and by avoiding the need for expensive electricity grid upgrades.
Ofgem is the regulator for Long Duration Electricity Storage and oversees implementation of a 'cap and floor' regime for LDES projects, proposed by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). The aim of this regime is to stimulate investment in Long Duration Electricity Storage projects.
DESNZ said that it considered it appropriate to exclude technologies that can already be funded under existing market arrangements, including lithium-ion which is the technology of choice for the vast majority of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects being deployed, with more than 3.5GW online already in the UK.
In May, the predecessor Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) warned that the lack of long-term energy storage in the UK was driving the importation of gas so as to balance the nation’s energy needs. Market, policy and regulatory barriers were all holding back the development of long-term energy storage.
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