As the UK decarbonises its economy, offshore wind turbines and solar PV panels will deliver increasingly larger fractions of the country’s energy demand. 

Energy storage will become one of the main mechanisms to maintain a balance between electricity generation and demand in a renewable-dominated electricity grid. 

Energy storage will be required over a vast range of discharge times, going from milliseconds up to several months.  

This event, which took place at IMechE in London, focused on the medium duration range (between 4 to 200 hrs), which is best handled by thermo-mechanical solutions.  

The event brought together academics, industrial stakeholders, and policy makers together to discuss:  

• what is the extent of the role for medium duration energy storage? 
• what are some of the current blockers? 
• what new policies are required to support the deployment of medium duration storage technologies.  

We also held a hydrogen Storage in Caverns event at the Geological Society in London on Monday 14th March 2022. If you are interested in the discussions that took place at this event, and to view the presentations and video, visit the page.

The presentations from each of the speakers can be found below, as can the videos from the event.