Household batteries will be key to UK's new energy strategy

UK to pioneer energy innovation through batteries in homes as energy department announces £246m research fundingThe UK will become one of the best places in the world for energy innovation through a shakeup of industry rules paving the way for batteries in people’s homes and across power grids, ministers have pledged.Greg Clark, the business secretary, said a more flexible national electricity grid was key to going beyond the quarter of power that is supplied today by renewable sourc