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6 FAQs about [The role of energy storage in the uk]
What role does energy storage play in the energy landscape?
Kelly Loukatou, one of the ESO’s energy insight leads, considers the role energy storage plays in the current energy landscape and how this is likely to develop. Energy systems need to continuously match supply and demand to ensure that electricity is delivered securely to UK houses and businesses.
How can electricity storage help manage supply and demand?
As we head towards a net zero system, electricity storage will play a vital role in helping manage supply and demand. There are various electricity storage technologies with different technical and commercial characteristics that can serve this purpose, with a wide range of outcomes for their future deployment.
How can electricity be stored?
Electricity can be stored in a variety of ways, including in batteries, by compressing air, by making hydrogen using electrolysers, or as heat. Storing hydrogen in solution-mined salt caverns will be the best way to meet the long-term storage need as it has the lowest cost per unit of energy storage capacity.
What are the different types of energy storage?
There will also be a role for other, more efficient, types of storage. Nuclear power, and burning biomass (and perhaps some natural gas) and capturing the carbon-dioxide, may also play a role; however, these forms of generation are not well to suited to providing all of the flexibility that will be needed to complement wind and solar power.
Why is thermal energy storage important?
Thermal energy storage can be used to help balance differences between heat/coolth generation and demand requirements with respect to both disparities that occur in time and magnitude. Thermal energy storage can provide several advantages:
Why is hydrogen storage important?
The flexibility of hydrogen storage is essential for maintaining a reliable energy supply amidst fluctuating demand and the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources. As previously mentioned, surface storage solutions, such as pipelines and tanks, offer limited capacity and primarily cater to short-term energy storage needs.