Our Business Director, Michael Dodd, identifies the need for accelerated investment and delivery of UK power grids.
The potential of the UK’s leading offshore wind sector can only be fully grasped if the grid is rapidly scaled up to provide greater capacity and accommodate the growing supply. Unless there is immediate action, developers will be left in difficulty as any progress will be halted.
To ensure the longevity of offshore power grids, it is essential to have robust financing in place to ensure that projects can be delivered within an optimal timeframe.
Everyone wants the UK to hit its ambitious offshore wind deployment targets, but this challenge requires developers to roll out new and bigger technologies, many of which haven’t been used before and some of which are yet to be created.
Tune in as Michael Dodd, DNV’s UK and Ireland director, and Julian Leslie, head of networks at National Grid ESO, discuss the grid's challenges with increasing technology connections, how government policy can assist, and the evolving role of storage in the UK’s energy mix.
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