Energy storage technology committee

When will long-duration energy storage be debated?

In March 2024 the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee published a report on energy storage: ‘ Long-duration energy storage: Get on with it ’. The report will be debated in the House of Lords on 9 January 2025. 1. What is long-duration energy storage?

What is standardization in mechanical energy storage technology?

Standardization in the field of mechanical energy storage (MES) technology including terminology, components, functions, design, safety, testing, construction, and maintenance of mechanical energy storage devices. It focuses on the mechanical and physical aspects of mechanical energy storage technology and equipment.

What should the government do about energy storage?

The Government, supported by modelling from the Future System Operator, should clarify its definitions for medium- and long-duration energy storage and the roles they are expected to play. It should set or endorse a series of metrics that allow technologies to be compared according to the energy system services that they provide.

What should government policies and targets relating to energy storage include?

(Paragraph 26) Government policies and targets relating to energy storage—such as the 10 GW hydrogen production target—should make clear both the power (GW) and the energy (TWh) it is intended to produce and store. (Paragraph 26) A range of energy storage technologies will be needed for different energy system services.

Who are the members of the Science & Technology Committee?

HL Paper 68 Science and Technology Committee The Science and Technology Select Committee is appointed by the House of Lords in each session “to consider science and technology”. Membership The Members of the Science and Technology Committee are: Baroness Brown of Cambridge (Chair) Baroness Northover Lord Berkeley Lord Rees of Ludlow Lord Borwick

Can energy storage projects provide additional services to the grid?

Energy storage projects that can provide additional services to the grid should be incentivised to do so by receiving additional payments above the “revenue floor” if they are eligible for the commercial long-duration energy storage cap and floor mechanism. (Paragraph 109) 41.