Following publication of the latest National Grid predictions, Siobahn Meikle, Managing Director – UK & Ireland at power management company Eaton, said:
“Whilst it’s positive to see elements of grid flexibility being discussed in the latest National Grid predictions, it is still worryingly focused on minimizing consumption – rather than getting the right energy storage systems in place.
“The UK urgently needs a system-wide approach and a better market for demand-response flexibility products. The technology needed to smooth the variability of renewable energy supplies and shift the focus away from energy consumption is already here, but definitions of what this storage should look like remain desperately unclear. We should be doing everything we can to enable tech-led solutions, not resorting to war-time rationing that puts the onus, yet again, on consumers.”
