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Grid connection woes hold up over 1,000 shovel-ready projects

More than 1,000 renewable energy projects are being held up by grid connection delays after securing planning permission, research by the Local Government Association (LGA) has found. The association warns that net zero ambitions at risk of being scuppered if grid connection challenges are not fixed. In total, the LGA found that 1,300 clean power projects have secured planning permission but are yet to be built. Of these, just 150 have started construction.

2 years ago

Shapps overrules planning inspectors by approving giant wind farm

Grant Shapps has given the go ahead for the final phase of Orsted’s mammoth Hornsea offshore wind farm, despite planning inspectors warning that the scheme goes against wildlife protection regulations. The energy secretary has confirmed that a development consent order (DCO) has been granted for Hornsea Project Four, paving the way for construction to begin.

2 years ago

SSEN: 50GW offshore wind target difficult without ASTI

The government pledge to develop 50GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030 would be very difficult under the Large Onshore Transmission Investment regime, Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks has said. The network operator said it strongly supported the Accelerated Strategic Transmission Investment (ASTI) framework as an alternative because it enables a tranche of transmission projects to be fast-tracked.

2 years ago

Trade bodies urge CfD reform to end ‘race to the bottom’

2 years ago

Major milestone for ESO’s Local Constraint Market

The first end-to-end transactions of flexibility services for the ESO’s Local Constraint Market have been heralded as a success. A “world-first” trial saw households in Scotland increase their energy consumption to keep wind turbines online. The trial, led by Piclo, saw customers paid to turn-up their low carbon flex assets including heat pumps, electric vehicle chargers and electric heating.

2 years ago

Weekend press roundup: Sunak accused of ‘slyly’ reintroducing green levies

2 years ago

Miliband: Lifting onshore wind ban a Labour priority

2 years ago

UK’s offshore wind pipeline nears 100GW

2 years ago

Imports exceed nuclear generation for first time

2 years ago

Ofgem invites bids for £7bn of offshore wind connections

2 years ago

2045 floating wind target ‘not sensible’

The government has rejected pressure from MPs to set longer term targets for deploying floating offshore wind farms, saying that to do so would not be sensible. It follows calls from the House of Commons Welsh Affairs Committee for the UK government to set a target for offshore wind deployment by 2045.

2 years ago

Weekend press round-up: Coffey ‘fed up’ with water companies

2 years ago

French nuclear woes to keep power prices high beyond 2030

2 years ago

Move to formalise cut price wind farm tariffs

2 years ago

Wind power record tipped as first of many

2 years ago

Weekend press: Water company dividends jump to £1.4bn

2 years ago

Offshore wind sector urged to ‘apply the brakes’ in race for bigger turbines

2 years ago

Offshore wind shortfall would cost households millions

2 years ago

Scrap heat pump and solar planning rules, urges thinktank

Planning rules on the installation of rooftop solar panels and heat pumps should be scrapped, a new report by an influential right-wing thinktank has urged. The Policy Exchange’s report, Re-engineering regulation: an A-Z of reform, outlines 26 case studies of regulation with "unintended, perverse consequences".

2 years ago

Government urged to review planning rules for water projects

2 years ago