Energy regulator Ofgem today (December 14) announced a short list of six firms bidding to run transmission connections to nine offshore wind farm projects after the first OFTO tender process, writes Rachael Meredith.
The government introduced the Offshore Transmission Network Owners (OFTO) regime in 2009 as a new regulatory regime for licensing offshore electricity transmission, which [...]
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Ofgem announces short list of OFTO bidders | newenergyfocus.com
Posted in infrastructure, offshore wind, tagged grid on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Siemens to Provide Grid Access for London Array | RenewableEnergyWorld.com
Posted in infrastructure, offshore wind, tagged grid on December 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With its 175 Siemens wind turbines and a total capacity of 630 megawatts (MW) the London Array offshore wind farm will, following completion, be the largest of its kind in the world. After Siemens Energy was selected to supply the turbines for the project, the company also received the order to connect London Array to [...]
Renewables Grid Initiative » Press Release – July 3rd, 2009
Posted in infrastructure, tagged grid on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
WWF, Germanwatch, Vattenfall Europe Transmission and TenneT promote full grid integration of renewable energies
Renewables-Grid-Initiative brings together NGOs and TSOs and announces initial partners
Europe needs a better electricity grid for renewables. It is necessary to:
- Fully integrate localised and decentralised renewable supplies
- Fully integrate large-scale offshore wind and concentrated solar power
- Facilitate the possibility to recover [...]
Europe needs a Supergrid | Magazine News | New Civil Engineer
Posted in infrastructure, tagged grid on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Europe needs a Supergrid
2 July 2009 | By Jessica Rowson
Investment in a Europe-wide energy grid should be prioritised over renewable technology, an EU advisor claimed this week.
“The transmission is the key for reducing CO2 emissions, not the renewable technology,” said Interconnection coordinator for the EU Commission Georg Wilhelm Adamowitsch at last week’s Off shore Wind [...]
EU’s North Sea Grid – News – The IET – Feb 2009
Posted in infrastructure, tagged grid on March 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Scotland contributes to supergrid planning
By Mark Venables
Scotland is set to play a significant role in the development of the EU’s North Sea Grid.
On a recent visit, the EU’s North Sea Grid co-ordinator Georg Adamowitsch asked Scotland to take part in a development group to build a European electricity supergrid.
The Grid has previously been identified as [...]
Wind industry says investment plans held up by limited access to grid ¦ NCE, 23 oct 2008
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged delivery, grid on October 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Wind industry says investment plans held up by limited access to grid
Published: 23 October 2008 09:55 Author: Alexandra Wynne
www.nce.co.uk
Wind industry leaders gathering in London yesterday called for access to the national grid to be improved to allow £50bn of private infrastructure investment to be spent over the next 10 years.
Energy minister Mike O’Brien told British [...]
