Written question asked by Alan Brown (Scottish National Party) on Friday, 12 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 March 2021. It was answered by Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Conservative) on Monday, 22 March 2021 on behalf of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
Hydroelectric Power: Storage
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2021 to Question 161808, what discussions his Department has had with the developers of (a) pumped hydro storage and (b) other long duration storage technologies to assess their respective merits; what potential barriers to deployment of those technologies were identified in those discussions; and if he will make a statement.
- Answer
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In discussions with the Department, developers of large scale and longer duration storage technologies have raised the issues of upfront capital investment costs and firm revenue streams as barriers to deployment. The next Smart Systems and Flexibility Plan will be published in Spring this year and will set out our next steps for addressing barriers to large scale, longer duration storage.
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- 2019-21
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- Storage Hydroelectric power
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