An innovation trial led by UK Power Networks (UKPN) in partnership with energy supplier OVO and tepeo, an electric boiler provider, has found that heat battery technology would “significantly” help the UK meet net zero targets by 2050.
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has provided over £32 million to five energy storage projects across the nation to support the development of new technologies such as thermal batteries and liquid flow batteries.
Smart thermal storage could be used to reduce peak electricity demand on the coldest day of the year by 1.6GW by 2030, Thermal Storage UK outlined in a new report.
The Scottish government, SP Energy Networks and Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) Distribution have launched a new heat pump and thermal storage trial in the Highlands.
