Government urged to allow smaller batteries on to grid

Produced by Belfast-based energy optimisation firm Joulen, the Better Battery Strategy claims that smarter integration of smaller battery systems would speed up the energy transition as well as save customers and businesses significant sums of money. The report says that better use of small-scale renewable energy and storage systems could be earning UK businesses £75,000 and households £375 of additional income every year, helping cutting domestic bills by as much as 65 per cent.

 “Batteries are an essential technology in the decarbonisation of the grid,” said Chris Doherty, managing director at Joulen. “By not allowing every battery to participate in the market and not directing existing renewable capacity in the most efficient way, clean energy and the investment behind it is being wasted. Our data shows that, with optimised small-scale battery and renewable systems on business premises and households in every corner of the UK, we can get closer, sooner, to a clean energy system.