An extra 50GW of capacity has been made available to generators and battery storage providers to connect to Great Britain’s electricity grid.
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) said this was substantially earlier than it would have happened had measures taken by the sector not been implemented.
This has been made possible due to industry actions which are delivering legal and technical changes, ENA added.
The announcement comes ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement which the industry hopes will include measures to accelerate grid connections further.
In particular, network operators want to see changes to the planning and consenting system to permit crucial energy infrastructure to be built faster, ENA said.
Great Britain’s power networks are facing a significant increase in connection requests, as renewable generators and battery storage companies work to deliver the governments’ net zero obligations. https://renews.biz/89641/british-grid-gets-50gw-new-capacity-boost/?fbclid=IwAR2Qb0m19ruwPKYlHveN9xIUQjccognk-zKj2X1t_fjnhsUk4MyltWO14QM
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