CEO of Drax
Will Gardiner said:
“This report by BEIS is an important first step towards removing barriers to building new, innovative long-duration storage projects in the UK. As made clear in the report, increasing Britain’s storage capacity is vital to decarbonising our economy and reaching net zero.
“We need to stop renewable power from going to waste by storing it, and Drax is progressing plans to build the UK’s first new pumped storage hydro power station in a generation at our Cruachan site. Our plans to expand Cruachan will unlock more renewable electricity to power homes and businesses across the country, and support hundreds of new jobs in rural Scotland.
“Drax looks forward to working with the Government and the wider energy industry to unlock the transformative potential of these technologies”
You can read the BEIS policy paper here: gov.uk/transitioning-to-a-net-zero-energy-system-smart-systems-and-flexibility-plan-2021
