As part of our Energy Landscapes series, we’ve worked with the Department for International Trade (DIT) and the Energy Industries Council (EIC) to identify over 60 innovative companies operating in the storage sector.
Electricity storage technologies are deploying at different scales, from domestic batteries to larger grid-connected facilities, and are providing a wide range of benefits to the system.
The need for electricity storage will rise as we increase the volume of variable, non-dispatchable renewables on the system, and increase peak demand through the electrification of heat and transport. There are a range of technologies that can provide electricity storage, each with characteristics that may be needed by a net zero system. Around 30GW of total low carbon flexible capacity in 2030, and 60GW in 2050, may be needed to maintain energy security and cost-effectively integrate high levels of renewable generation.
Produced collaboratively with DIT and EIC, our latest landscape maps companies operating in five areas of the storage sector:
We’re calling on UK companies to review the landscape – see the link below – and to get in touch with our Energy Launchpad team with any suggestions. If you feel your organisation should be included in the infographic, or should be mapped differently, we’d like to hear from you.
Aim to accelerate the global shift to cleaner energy usage by creating storage technology that is more accessible to all.
Believe that future-proofing our energy systems requires longer-duration, long-term solutions that don’t cost the earth.
Aim to be the leading manufacturer and developer of grid-level energy storage batteries with the lowest levelised cost of storage globally.
Are developing a novel storage technology which offers some of the best characteristics of lithium batteries and pumped storage.
Applying modern materials engineering to the sodium-nickel-chloride battery to create a game-changing storage technology.
Focused on a completely new generation of flywheel batteries which have the potential to change energy storage for industries like manufacturing, transportation, real estate
Bringing innovation to pumped energy storage, with High-Density Hydro® using a fluid with 2.5x the density of water, so they can be installed on small hills instead of mountains.
Using highly efficient forms of Compressed Air Energy Storage at grid scale, efficiently and cost-effectively.
Get in touch with our Energy Launchpad team to submit your company details and any other relevant feedback - the consultation closes Wednesday 23 March 2022
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