Committee to take evidence on technologies for long-duration energy storage

The Committee will hear from experts across different technological areas for long-duration energy storage, including representatives from the Faraday Institution, Thermal Storage UK, and winners of the Government’s Long Duration Energy Storage competition.

10:15am

• Timothy Armitage, Hydrogen Systems Consultant at Arup
• Tom Lowe, Founder at Thermal Storage UK
• Professor Pam Thomas, CEO at Faraday Institution

11:15am

• David Surplus OBE, Co-founder at B9 Energy Storage Ltd
• Jim Isherwood, Study Manager at io consulting
• Matt Harper, Chief Commercial Officer at Invinity Energy Systems

The public evidence session will take place from 10:15 am in Committee Room 6 Palace of Westminster on Tuesday 19 September 2023 and can be viewed live on parliamentlive.tv.

The session will focus on the different technologies that can provide long-duration energy storage for the UK grid, including batteries, hydrogen, and thermal storage technologies. Members will explore the advantages and disadvantages, as well as the technology readiness level, for various proposed longer duration energy storage solutions. They will ask about the technical, practical, and commercial barriers to larger-scale deployment for these technologies, and whether any policy change is required to support them more effectively.
 
Possible question areas include:

• The role technologies play for long-duration energy storage on the grid
• What has been learned from implementing the pilot projects for the Long Duration Energy Storage competition
• How effective current government policy is at supporting the development of these novel technologies
• The commercial, regulatory, or technical challenges companies trying to develop long-duration energy storage face.
• Policy changes which could be effective in supporting the deployment of long-duration energy storage technologies at scale