Solar Energy UK has just published an article describing Grid delays that are “descending into a farce” as projects with accelerated connections cannot supply electricity for many years after grid agreements.
Bringing the issue to the attention of the Commons’ Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) yesterday, the trade association noted that despite changes implemented by both National Grid ESO and Distribution Network Operators (DNOs), allowing renewable electricity assets to connect before large-scale transmission grid reinforcement, it could still be years until the renewable wind/solar can supply electricity. This is a major issue for green hydrogen, because the grid is not green and a four times more expensive than on-site wind/solar.