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35 - Looking at longer-duration storage with John Perkins (Principal Consultant @ Afry)
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Published 3 years, 5 months ago
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As the world becomes increasingly reliant on electrification, there will undoubtedly be more demand for long-duration energy storage. What might this look like? What forms might it take? In this episode John Perkins - Principal Consultant at AFRY joins Ed Porter to discuss long-duration energy storage and the next steps for the storage and power sector. During the conversation they cover:
- AFRY’s study for BEIS on long-duration storage and a net zero future.
- How did Hydrogen end up as such a large portion of the long-duration storage study?
- What does the role of batteries look like in the future?
- How should we be building forecasts for 2035+?
- What are the key complexities in all of this and is it still all to play for?