Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 119844
Electricity: District Heating
Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Named DayQuestion
Grahame Morris
Labour — Easington
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of using heat networks with thermal storage to provide cheaper flexibility for the electricity system in comparison with lithium batt
Answer
Martin McCluskeyWe welcome the research by ADE: Heat Networks, and agree that appropriate deployment of heat networks has the potential to reduce future electricity system costs by billions as we accelerate to net zero. We set out our long-term strategy for heat networks...
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