Transmission Grid, Floating Offshore Wind | Celtic Sea Progress

Transmission Grid, Floating Offshore Wind, Celtic Sea Progress

 

Progress in the development of the Celtic Sea's floating offshore wind sector, which follows the success of the North Sea sector in supporting the UK's wind ambitions.

 

Grid ESO just published the eagerly awaited report, with recommendations 'Beyond 2030, Celtic Sea

A couple of years ago I had the pleasure of moderating Transmission Grid's strategic discussions in London. Key City stakeholder sessions helping shape the UK's offshore wind strategy for those ultimately funding it;

Issues around moorings have required concerted trouble shooting but as for the all important Grid, we can now anticipate the Celtic Sea sector's growth,

The design avoids interlacing and ends up with three radial connections The incorporation of a floating HVDC link is perhaps overly ambitious raising awkward questions as to project buildability but may offer a useful fit for Hydrogen production.

The overall UK design leads to additional £7.6bn of capital costs and represents one of the largest investment plans in UK electricity transmission networks since the 1950s and 1960s.

However, National Grid ESO states that these costs are outweighed by the £13.1bn savings in constraints costs that are expected to result from the additional network capacity.

The HND was developed as part of National Grid ESO’s role in the Offshore Transmission Network Review (OTNR), launched by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) in July 2020.

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