Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 119844

Electricity: District Heating

Tabled: 11 March 2026
Answered: 16 March 2026
Named Day

Question

Grahame Morris

LabourEasington

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 McCluskey
We 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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