这将使英国成为全球储能市场的领跑者之一。如果产能水平达到预期，这意味着英国将占全球所有装机容量的近9%，英国将排在全球储能市场的第四位，仅次于中国、美国和德国。

It's a trajectory that would put the UK among the pacesetters in the global energy storage market. If the projected level of capacity is indeed attained, it will mean that the UK will account for 9% of all global capacity additions and will be ranked fourth by capacity behind China, the US and Germany.

为储能规划消除障碍Removing planning hurdles for storage

坦白地讲，英国政府已经为蓬勃发展的储能业提供了政策支持。能源部专家认为，政府制定了雄心勃勃的储能需求目标，该目标是到2030年实现30GW的容量，包括电池、飞轮、抽水蓄能和空气储能。与此同时，规划部的改革举措也为英国储能业提供了诸多便利。2020年，政府制定了新的法规，目的是简化储能在规划建设中的处理流程。具体的，将除了抽水蓄能之外的电力储能从英格兰和威尔士的全国重要基础设施项（NSIP）体制中移除，并取消了《1989年电力法》第36条获得审批的规定。

In fairness, the UK government has laid some of the foundations for a flourishing energy storage industry. Energy sector experts have acknowledged that the government’s 30GW energy storage requirement target – including batteries, flywheel, pumped hydro and liquid air energy storage – for 2030 is ambitious. Meanwhile, reforms to the planning system are also viewed as having provided a shot in the arm for the UK’s storage industry. In 2020 new laws were introduced thatsimplified the treatment of storage under the planning system. Specifically, the changes to the law removed electricity storage (except pumped hydro) from the Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects (NSIP) regime in England and Wales and also removed the requirement for consent under s.36 of the Electricity Act 1989.