LONDON — Britain is engaged on a battery technique that requires views from corporations, traders and battery designers, because it seeks to draw extra funding into an business that’s key to its web zero objectives.

The Division for Enterprise and Commerce mentioned in a press release that its technique will likely be printed within the coming months and has set a Sept. 28 deadline for opinions.

Lithium ion batteries that energy electrical autos and are used to retailer vitality are anticipated to play an essential function within the U.Okay.’s local weather purpose of reaching web zero emissions by 2050.

“I wish to harness concepts and ambition from throughout U.Okay. business to form not simply this era of expert staff, infrastructure and applied sciences, but in addition to put the foundations for the U.Okay.’s management and dedication to delivering a protected, thriving, and efficient battery business for the longer term,” Nusrat Ghani, a minister on the enterprise division, mentioned.

The U.Okay. automotive business, which wants higher home battery manufacturing capability to assist safe its future, bought a lift final month when India’s Tata Group introduced plans to construct an electric-vehicle battery plant in Somerset, western England.

These plans got here months after the failure of startup Britishvolt, which had struggled to boost funds for a serious battery manufacturing unit in Britain.

The federal government mentioned its precedence was for batteries to be designed and constructed within the U.Okay., and to assist maintain the long-term improvement of the business.