Batteries: Storage
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of the land area required to deploy sufficient battery storage to support a fully renewable electricity system.
Answered by Michael Shanks
DESNZ has not made a formal estimate on land requirements for batteries to support a fully renewable electricity system. There are more battery projects than are likely to need to be deployed to support a fully renewable electricity system. Government does not hold data on all their projected land use.
The recently published Land Use Framework (LUF) incorporates projections for renewable energy infrastructure. Government is working with NESO to ensure LUF operates cohesively alongside the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP). SSEP will assess and identify optimal locations, quantities and types of generation and storage required to meet future energy demands.
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