Ofgem’s New Net-Zero Mandate To Speed Up ‘Glacial Pace’ Of Realising Grid Connections
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on offshoreWIND.biz.
This is the sub-heading.
The UK government will amend the Energy Security Bill to include a statutory net-zero duty for Ofgem, which the British energy regulator will be required to apply and document in decision-making. According to RenewableUK, this will speed up the realisation of grid connections and help unlock at least GBP 15 billion of investment in offshore wind alone by the end of the decade.
I feel, that this must be a good thing.
The Anonymous Widower 
Absolutely but too little too late in my view. Nothing short of a CEGB MkII is going to get us to net zero in power generation without it costing a small fortune. In the 50’s and 60’s there was an overall plann for transmission and generation the two going hand in hand to both “keep the lights on” and do it at the least cost. Currently we are still keeping the lights on but at an enormous cost but worse its inefficient and causing more gas burn than it should be and generator owners of windfarms and CCGTs are benefiting at the expense of energy consumers.
Comment by Nicholas Lewis | June 9, 2023 |