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The Government do not believe that the accelerated rollout of battery storage poses a threat to food security. The total area of land devoted to grid-scale batteries is minimal. As of August 2025, there was 5.8 gigawatts of grid-scale battery storage on the GB electricity grid, with a typical 200-megawatt battery scheme requiring only 13 acres of land. This suggests that a ban on batteries on agricultural land is simply not necessary to ensure food security.