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Batteries: Storage

Commons · Question 6372 · Tabled 3 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · Official record

Answered 12 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential for battery storage technologies to enhance grid stability.

Answer

Answered by Michael Shanks, 12 Jun 2026

Battery storage technologies play an important role in ensuring grid stability through balancing the power system in real time and have the potential to support grid stability through grid-forming capabilities, depending on the type of technology used and...