Is the Government on track with its long-duration energy storage targets? Lords to explore

The Committee will hear from witnesses from the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and the Climate Change Committee on the policy landscape supporting long-duration energy storage deployment in the UK.  

At 10:15am the committee will hear from: 

• Emily Bourne, Director of Energy Systems and Networks at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Stefanie Murphy, co-Director of Hydrogen and Industrial Carbon Capture at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Professor Paul Monks, Chief Scientific Advisor at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

At 11:15 the committee will hear from  

• Dr David Joffe, Head of Net Zero at Climate Change Committee
• Owen Bellamy, Head of Power Sector at Climate Change Committee
• Rachel Hay, Head of Energy Supply Decarbonisation and Resilience at Climate Change Committee

The public evidence session will take place in Committee Room 3 Palace of Westminster and can be viewed live on parliamentlive.tv. 

Members will seek to understand current Government targets to support the development of long-duration energy storage and the role that ongoing policies such as the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements and the establishment of the Future System Operator will play in supporting a resilient, decarbonised energy system. 

Possible question areas:

• The role long-duration energy storage will ultimately play in a fully-decarbonised grid 
• Current policies in place or in development to support long-duration energy storage 
• Achieving targets for hydrogen transportation and storage, green hydrogen production, and a decarbonised electricity system 
• How the government’s energy policy should look in order to enable appropriate levels of investment 
• The role of new bodies such as the Future System Operator and the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero in leading on the deployment of long duration energy storage