Energy: Storage Debate
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Lord Spicer
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(7 years, 4 months ago)
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Lord Prior of Brampton
In paragraph 32 on page 34 of the call for evidence there is a suggested definition of storage. That is very much part of the consultation, and we will have a very firm view on that definition. Clearly removing the double charging where people who are operating storage also have to pay the end consumption levies is something for which we will have clear plans when we publish our response to the call for evidence.
Lord Spicer (Con)
My Lords, with the exception of pump storage, is it not the case that genuinely commercial storage systems for electricity do not exist, even to compensate for unreliable renewable energy?
Lord Prior of Brampton
My Lords, as my noble friend will know, there are developments in new battery technology, such as lithium ion, which is a new technology that holds out huge hopes not just for powering electric vehicles but for storing energy, which could then be fed into the grid. The regulatory system is running behind the new technology, if you like, which is why we have issued the call for evidence.