Written Question·Department for Energy Security and Net Zero·UIN 60673
Heat Batteries: Housing
Tabled: 17 June 2025
Answered: 25 June 2025
Question
Luke Murphy
Labour — Basingstoke
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the potential role of heat batteries in homes that are unsuitable for a heat pump.
Answer
Miatta FahnbullehThough heat batteries can utilise time-of-use tariffs, do not require outside space and can be cheaper to install, they are less efficient than heat pumps. If heat batteries do not have sufficient storage capacity, they could draw electricity at peak time...
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