How Can the UK Achieve Energy Independence for the Future Market?

Synopsis

The UK has published its British Energy Security Strategy, which details plans to ensure energy independence in the face of global tensions, complicated geopolitics and an urgent need for change to happen quickly.

• What are the main barriers standing in the way, and how does the government plan to get round these?
• What steps need to be taken to reduce reliance on other countries and scale domestic capacity and generation?
• What lessons can be learnt from other countries and markets when it comes to gaining energy independence?
• The key to defining and taking advantage of long duration energy storage, understanding how different components can work together and avoiding a ‘tunnel-vision’ view on storage technologies.