Energiereregulator Vangem has approved the reform of the grid connection, a relocation that supports Solar Energy Association Solar Energy UK.
The new process, which gives priority to project willingness and coordination with the Clean Power 2030 Plan (CP30) of the government, was Proposed by the National Energy System Operator at the end of last year. Orgem said that the ‘minded-to’ is implementing the reforms as suggested and has opened a final overlaw round.
Energie -Secretary Ed Miliband said: “Our Clean Power Action Plan will solve the broken ‘first come first serve’ system and these changes will mean a targeted approach that gives priority to faster connections for the right projects in the right place, so that large New era of clean electricity. “
CP30 requires current generation capacity on the grid to double the next five years. The queue of projects pending a grid connection is much greater than the number that would meet clean asset ambitions, and the movement of those projects was noticed as a crucial element of the plan.
The decision of OFGEM means that new offers for the networks will be accelerated and the first can be connected and operational from 2026.
Akshay Kaul, director -general of OFGEM for infrastructure, added: “It will also help to accelerate connections for public services, including housing, hospitals and EV -charging stations, as well as new industries such as data centers that are crucial to the stimulate economic growth “.
Chris Hewett, Chief Executive of Solar Energy UK, noted: “We support the need for reforming the queue of the network connection. Prioritizing those who are the most ready to continue must be welcomed. “
However, he noted that the industry is concerned about ‘potentially adverse consequences after 2030 – a potential cliff edge for the industry’.
“Orgem says that projects should be seen as ‘necessary’ 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, which means that the pace of the pace of the pace of The grid is delayed just when it is necessary.
“This would be a lot of solar and battery storage projects that are under active development in the same category of places that are the least ready, which endangers £ 26 billion in planned investments. 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, “he added.
Shraiya Thapa, knowledge of clean energy at law firm Freeths, repeated this: “For certain regions and technology types in particular (namely storage of battery energy), this will create inevitable winners and losers when it comes to projects, because the connecting queue is currently being transferred en masse. Compared to the goals of the government Clean Power 2030. ”
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