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CREATION OF AN OFFSHORE GRID INFRASTRUCTURE

CREATION OF AN OFFSHORE GRID INFRASTRUCTURE Presentation to BWEA Offshore Wind Conference, 4 March 2004 Richard Mellish, DTI. Offshore Grid - Background. Offshore R2 – much bigger scale and concentrated in 3 strategic areas Therefore regulation to ensure:

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CREATION OF AN OFFSHORE GRID INFRASTRUCTURE

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  1. CREATION OF AN OFFSHORE GRID INFRASTRUCTURE Presentation to BWEA Offshore Wind Conference, 4 March 2004 Richard Mellish, DTI

  2. Offshore Grid - Background • Offshore R2 – much bigger scale and concentrated in 3 strategic areas • Therefore regulation to ensure: • cabling efficient and environmentally sensitive • generators have fair and open access to connections

  3. Offshore Grid – Energy Bill • Energy Bill introduced November 2003 • Provides basic structure of regulation • confirms licensing requirement for territorial waters • extends regime to Renewable Energy Zones being established through Bill

  4. Offshore Grid – Energy Bill • Govt amendments January 2004 • allowing transmission and distribution licence conditions to be modified for offshore • GBSO role to cover offshore • allowing Ofgem to award licences through tenders • defining offshore transmission

  5. Offshore Grid - Issues • Many including: • understanding offshore economics and what that means for regulation • different grid plans across Round 2 projects • lack of knowledge of what will follow Round 2 wind farms • tightness of the timetable

  6. Offshore Grid – Next Steps • Preparation of timetable working back from 2007/08 • Informal dialogues with generators and wires companies – already started • Formal consultations – on licence conditions and tender procedures • Major task – but essential that programmes for developing grid and wind farms are taken forward in tandem.

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