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<p>A DECC report ‘Electricity System: Assessment of Future Challenges', published
August 2012, concluded that: “increasingly, technologies that can be used to help
balance the supply and demand of electricity (demand side response (DSR), electricity
storage and interconnection) and smarter networks are likely to be required to help
match the supply and demand of electricity efficiently and cost-effectively under
the changing generation and demand profiles”. The extent of deployment of storage
will depend on the composition of future electricity systems – both supply and demand
– as well as the cost and availability of storage and the other balancing technologies.</p><p>The
Low Carbon Innovation Coordination Group (LCICG), which includes the Department of
Energy and Climate Change and the other major public-sector backed organisations that
invest in low carbon technology innovation, published a Strategic Framework in February
2014, which prioritises future innovation needs in 11 key technology areas – including
electricity storage. While the Strategic Framework highlights the uncertainty about
the exact role for storage in the future energy system and the role of different storage
technologies, it has identified strategic priorities for continued and future UK innovation
investment in electricity storage. DECC, working with the other LCICG members, will
use the Strategic Framework to help develop and co-ordinate future spending plans
for innovation in storage and other low carbon technologies.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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