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Heat Batteries: Energy Supply |
| Question ID: |
1793755 |
| UIN: |
45358 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5272 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Margaret Mullane
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| Asking Member handle: |
margaret4dr
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@margaret4dr
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential contribution of heat batteries to balancing grid demand during peak energy usage periods. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-04-28 |
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false |
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false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5099 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Miatta Fahnbulleh
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Miatta Fahnbulleh
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| Answer text: |
Heat batteries are a promising low-carbon heating technology because they utilise time-of-use tariffs and do not require outside space. However, they are less efficient than heat pumps and therefore use more energy to meet the same heating demand. Althoug... |
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| Answering body ID: |
215 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero |
| Tweeted: |
true |