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Heat Batteries: Housing |
| Question ID: |
1793754 |
| UIN: |
45357 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-08 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5272 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Margaret Mullane
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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 recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of heat battery technology to the Government’s target for decarbonising homes by 2030. |
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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 |