Heat Batteries: Housing
Commons · Question 45357 · Tabled 8 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Margaret Mullane
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of heat battery technology to the Government’s target for decarbonising homes by 2030.
Answer
Answered by Miatta Fahnbulleh, 28 Apr 2025
Heat batteries are a promising low-carbon heating technology because they utilise time-of-use tariffs and do not require outside space. However, they are less efficient than heat pumps and therefore use more energy to meet the same heating demand. Althoug...