The British government will publish its flexibility route map later this year, so that a precedent will be established for the rollout of long -term energy storage (LDES).
Speaking at the Energy Storage Summit EU 2025 in February, deputy deputy director of Smart Electricity Systems for the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (Desnz) Duncan Stone that storage is a priority for the government and it is “particularly active” on LDES.
The clean power goals of the government are only aimed at between the 4GW-6GW LDES-Activa operational by 2030, partly due to long lead times on technology. Many of the obstacles for LDES implementation also apply to interconnectors, and that is why the Cap-and-Floor Support Scheme is closely based on one that exists before the latter.
Stone estimates that after 2030 implementation will really speed up.
Since the event, the government has published a technical decision document that confirms the details of the LDES support schedule. It aims to support the deployment between 2.7 GW and 7.7 GW from LDES capacity up to 2035, based on Neso’s future energy scenarios (2024).
In his keynote address, which you can view below, Stone explained how the role of storage in the clean power plans of the government makes £ 10 billion in savings possible every year.
The keynote was treated in more detail News for energy storageavailable for Read here.
Other remarkable topics that were dealt with at the energy storage summit in February were a panel in which the developers of Grill from Grill from Connections policy, Alasdair Macmillan, over gate 2 -intended reforms of the network connections.
