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Heat Batteries: Housing

Commons · Question 2768 · Tabled 30 Aug 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 9 Sep 2024

Question

Asked by Andrew Rosindell

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of heat batteries on decarbonising homes.

Answer

Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 9 Sep 2024

Heat batteries are one of the most promising alternative electric heating technologies because they utilise time of use tariffs, do not require outside space and are cheaper to install than heat pumps in some circumstance. However, heat batteries are also...