We haven't had a coherent policy since energy was privatised. That's 1990 for electricity. It's now a weird combination of leave it to the market, plus subsidise almost every form of generation in one way or another, so nobody knows what anything really costs.
We have negligible amounts of gas storage, and negligible amounts of electricity storage in the UK. We need a lot more of both. But the regulatory regime needs to make it worthwhile to install.
We haven't had a coherent policy since energy was privatised. That's 1990 for electricity. It's now a weird combination of leave it to the market, plus subsidise almost every form of generation in one way or another, so nobody knows what anything really costs.
We have negligible amounts of gas storage, and negligible amounts of electricity storage in the UK. We need a lot more of both. But the regulatory regime needs to make it worthwhile to install.
Yes, the newly formed NESO is in the process of producing regional energy plans - so call RESPs. This will be very challenging without good input from customers and installers. I'm not holding my breath. see Decision on future of local energy institutions and governance | Ofgem etc
