Renewable Energy
Commons · Question 111067 · Tabled 4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the role of battery storage in reducing renewable curtailment.
Answer
Answered by Michael Shanks, 13 Feb 2026
Electricity storage has an important role to play in decarbonising the power sector by helping to balance the electricity system at lower cost. Electricity storage achieves this by charging when electricity is abundant and discharging when it is scarcer, ...