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Natural Gas: Storage

Question for Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

UIN 87720, tabled on 6 December 2021

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to increase the UK’s gas storage capacity.

Answered on

14 December 2021

Storage plays an important role in providing system flexibility in responding to short-term changes in supply and demand. The purpose of storage is to top-up supply when demand is high.

Answered by

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy