Long duration electricity storage (LDES) will be pivotal in delivering a smart and flexible energy system that can integrate high volumes of low carbon power, heat, and transport.
Long Duration Electricity Storage investment support scheme will boost investor confidence and unlock billions in funding for vital projects. The UK is a step closer to energy independence as the government launches a new scheme to help build energy storage infrastructure.
We're consulting on the policy framework to enable investment in long duration electricity storage. Long duration electricity storage can provide an important contribution to decarbonising our energy system. For example, it can store renewable power and discharge it during periods of low wind.
A range of technologies could provide large-scale, long-duration electricity storage, including, but not limited to: gravitational storage, redox flow batteries, novel batteries such as copper and zinc, compressed or liquid air energy storage, pumped hydro storage, and power-X-power technologies.
Electricity storage covers a range of technologies that can deploy at different scales and provide output for different durations. This includes lithium-ion battery storage and pumped hydro storage as well as emerging technologies including liquid air energy storage and flow batteries.
Energy storage executives from global assurance and risk management provider DNV analyse the UK government’s proposal to kickstart investment into long-duration energy storage (LDES). The case for LDES is arguably straightforward.