Question follow-through · 13385

Wind Power: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of how much curtailed wind energy could have instead been stored in batteries or other forms of energy storage.

answeredIqbal MohamedDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero

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Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Tabled
25 Jun 2026
Target answer date
29 Jun 2026
Answer
3 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 25 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate he has made of how much curtailed wind energy could have instead been stored in batteries or other forms of energy storage.

  2. 29 Jun 2026

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  3. 3 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Government has not undertaken an assessment of how much curtailed wind energy could have instead been stored in batteries or other forms of energy storage. The Government has commissioned and published analysis by LCP Delta and Regen on the benefits o...

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