Comments on: MPs to hear solar developers’ complaints over NG’s and DNOs’ ‘farcical’ hook-up waits https://theenergyst.com/mps-to-hear-solar-developers-complaints-over-farcical-hook-up-waits/ Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Nigel Morris https://theenergyst.com/mps-to-hear-solar-developers-complaints-over-farcical-hook-up-waits/#comment-28252 Thu, 18 Apr 2024 09:51:00 +0000 https://theenergyst.com/?p=20954#comment-28252 Is it not the primary and fundamental role of Ofgem to ensure that DNOs and TSOs have sufficient grid capacity to serve our needs?

Where is the accountability of the Ofgem leadership from 10 years ago who didn’t look far enough ahead and commence the build out of network capacity (or looked at it and didn’t want to raise electricity costs on their watch to pay for it)?

Where is the current accountability of Ofgem and the NGESO for demonstrating that they are now doing sufficient to ensure that in 10 years time we aren’t faced with the same thing.

The oversight of Ofgem is a real concern. Its precious independence looks very much like unaccountability at times.

]]> By: Alban Thurston https://theenergyst.com/mps-to-hear-solar-developers-complaints-over-farcical-hook-up-waits/#comment-27670 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:42:30 +0000 https://theenergyst.com/?p=20954#comment-27670 Your wise words as ever, David.
What measures do other readers of The Energyst consider policy- and law-makers need to deliver immediately, so that our necessary, radical and utterly unprecedented re-shaping can be achieved within a decade to green Britain’s grid? What are the essentials of a constructive and constructed ‘war footing’, needed to transform the NG? Which other countries are achieving such transformations better? And how? Evidenced contributions are very welcome.

]]> By: David Dundas https://theenergyst.com/mps-to-hear-solar-developers-complaints-over-farcical-hook-up-waits/#comment-27666 Wed, 07 Feb 2024 13:03:04 +0000 https://theenergyst.com/?p=20954#comment-27666 The lack of transmission capacity of the UK National Grid has been known for years, but building overhead transmission lines don’t gain votes, on the contrary the pylons often receive local opposition and lose votes. It is likely that by 2050 most of the UK’s primary energy demand, presently around 2,000 TWh will need to be delivered by electricity with around 30% of it then converted into hydrogen according to the Government hydrogen strategy of August 2021. Considering that today only 20% of primary energy is delivered by electricity, ramping it up to around 80% requires long term thinking and action which our politicians are not good at.

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