Question to the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will take steps to help support the development of thermal storage technologies, in the context of (a) the electrification of heat in buildings and (b) the rollout of (i) heat pumps and (ii) electric vehicles.

The Government supports the development of novel thermal storage technologies through initiatives such as the Net Zero Innovation Programme, the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund and the long duration energy storage competition. In addition, research council funding for universities has enabled innovative work such as the “Heat Pump Fully Integrated with Thermochemical Store” at the University of Warwick.