This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government Over £32 million government funding has been awarded to UK projects developing cutting-edge innovative energy storage technologies that can help increase the resilience of the UK’s electricity grid while also maximising value for money.
The 2023 report included dedicated sections on renewable hydrogen production through water electrolysis, and batteries, which are crucial to succeed in the decarbonisation of the energy and transport sectors. A Commission Recommendation on energy storage (C/2023/1729) was adopted in March 2023.
The government will announce further recipients of funding in 2023. The government will work with Ofgem and Innovate UK to roll out digitalisation within the energy sector, building on our response to the recommendations of the Energy Digitalisation Taskforce.
This was published under the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government This plan sets out the steps the government is taking to ensure the UK is more energy independent, secure and resilient. Putin’s illegal invasion of Ukraine 12 months ago has put the need for energy security in stark perspective.
The government will put in place an appropriate policy framework by 2024 to enable investment in large scale long duration electricity storage (LLES), with the goal of deploying sufficient storage capacity to balance the overall system.
The Recommendation was accompanied by a Staff Working Document (SWD/2023/57) which looked at the role and application of storage in the energy transition, emphasising the need for flexibility, reliability and stability. It also provided some global outlook for storage deployment and an overview of best practices.