Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 15436

Batteries: Storage

Tabled: 21 November 2024
Answered: 26 November 2024

Question

Sir Alec Shelbrooke

ConservativeWetherby and Easingwold

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to help mitigate the risk of thermal runaways in battery energy storage facilities.

Answer

Michael Shanks
Grid-scale batteries are regulated by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) within a framework which requires battery designers, installers and operators to take the necessary measures to ensure health and safety throughout all stages of the system’s cons...

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