To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's policy is on the development of (a) grid scale energy storage and (b) energy balancing technologies; and if he will make a statement. (289368)

DECC's recently published “Delivering Secure Low Carbon Electricity: A Call for Evidence” asks for evidence from stakeholders on the potential of electrical energy storage to manage the balance between electricity supply and demand in the long-term.