Energy regulator of GEM reveals plans to reform the queues of the decade long-term roster connection in Great Britain in Great Britain, but Solar Trade Association Solar Energy UK warns an element of the proposal can lead to regional caps for solar deployment.
UK Energy Regulator ofgem has unveiled new plans to revise the queue of Great Britain, on the mixed response of the sun sector.
The announcement follows the decision of the National Electricity System Operator (NESO) to pause new grid connection applications in Great Britain in January 2025. The Connectionswikkrij for Great -Britain exceeded 700 GW in 2024, almost three times the required capacity that was projected before 2050.
Orgem has proposed to introduce a new connection process that will follow projects that can be submitted quickly, a movement that the supervisor said is necessary to achieve the clean power goals of the British government for 2030. Under earlier rules, grid connections were in Great -Britain spread over a first, first grinds.
The location of a project can also have a greater influence on the connecting date, whereby orgem states that the queue of the grid connections must take into account “strategic needs”.
In December 2024, the British government committed itself to the energy network of Great -Britain by 2030 by an increase in renewable energy sources that would include about 30 GW more solar capacity. The ‘Clean Power 2030’ plan included regional capacity projections for solar energy, onshore wind and battery storage until 2035.
Solar Energy UK welcomed Vangem an approach that gives priority to the willingness to project. However, the Handelsvereniging warned that the regulator’s decision to take into account system needs as set out in the Clean Power 2030 plan can lead to a lower deployment.
In a statement, Solar Energy UK Chief Executive Chris Hewett warned that the industry could get a “potential Cliff Edge”.
“Orgem says that projects should be seen as ‘needed’ under the Clean Power 2030 Action Plan, which runs the risk of converting the regional projections of the plan for 2035 into the facto caps, causing the pace of the pace of the pace of The grid is delayed just when it is necessary, accelerating, “Hewett said. “This would place a lot of solar and battery storage projects that are under active development in the same category as those that are the least ready, so that £ 26 billion is placed [$33 billion] of planned investments in danger.
“We must have a clearer OS from the government about what their 2035 projections mean for our industry, and an increase in those figures if they want to encourage continuous investments in our fast-growing sector.”
Orgem has currently consulted on its proposals for reform the grid connections. Stream hovers from the industry have until March 14, 2025 to respond. If the plans continue, the regulator can accelerate new offers by the end of 2025, with the first connected and operational from 2026.
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