The Committee will hear from experts
across different technological areas for long-duration energy
storage, including representatives from the Faraday Institution,
Thermal Storage UK, and winners of the Government’s Long Duration
Energy Storage competition.
10:15am
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Timothy
Armitage, Hydrogen
Systems Consultant at Arup
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Tom
Lowe, Founder at
Thermal Storage UK
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Professor Pam
Thomas, CEO at
Faraday Institution
11:15am
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David Surplus
OBE, Co-founder at
B9 Energy Storage Ltd
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Jim
Isherwood, Study
Manager at io consulting
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Matt
Harper, Chief
Commercial Officer at Invinity Energy
Systems
The public evidence session
will take place from 10:15 am in Committee Room 6 Palace of
Westminster on Tuesday 19 September 2023 and can be viewed live
on parliamentlive.tv.
The session will focus on the different technologies that can
provide long-duration energy storage for the UK grid, including
batteries, hydrogen, and thermal storage technologies. Members
will explore the advantages and disadvantages, as well as the
technology readiness level, for various proposed longer duration
energy storage solutions. They will ask about the technical,
practical, and commercial barriers to larger-scale deployment for
these technologies, and whether any policy change is required to
support them more effectively.
Possible question areas
include
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The role technologies play for
long-duration energy storage on the
grid
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What has been learned from
implementing the pilot projects for the Long Duration Energy
Storage competition
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How effective current government
policy is at supporting the development of these novel
technologies
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The commercial, regulatory, or
technical challenges companies trying to develop long-duration
energy storage face.
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Policy changes which could be
effective in supporting the deployment of long-duration energy
storage technologies at scale
