Assessing the case for community batteries

This call for evidence seeks to gather information on the community batteries landscape: the opportunities and benefits, the barriers to delivery and how safety can be ensured. It also publicises UK and international community battery case studies.

We want to understand whether batteries could and should be scaled up to provide benefits beyond individual users to whole communities, including those that cannot be reached by domestic batteries, for both technical reasons (i.e. those living in flats) or financial reasons (e.g. low-income households).

The government would like to hear from a wide range of stakeholders, including:

• electricity network companies
• system operators
• battery installers and manufacturers
• electricity suppliers
• local authorities
• social housing landlords
• community energy groups

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