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Batteries: Storage

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Question for Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UIN 9894, tabled on 17 October 2024

Question

Darren Paffey
Labour
Southampton Itchen
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing large-scale battery storage within the Port of Southampton area.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Labour
Rutherglen
Commons

Answered on

23 October 2024

This Government recognises that batteries have a key role to play in decarbonising the power sector by 2030 by balancing the electricity system and facilitating the integration of renewable power.

The Government does not intend to commission an assessment of storage in this specific area. To ensure that we develop the right strategic mix of energy infrastructure in the appropriate locations, the government has commissioned the National Energy System Operator (NESO) to develop a Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) to support a more actively planned approach to energy infrastructure across Great Britain.

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