UK's bid to power every home via offshore windfarms by 2030 at risk

(The Guardian, 1 Nov 2020) Germany’s RWE says outdated regulation is slowing investment in onshore electricity grid.

Britain’s bid to build enough offshore windfarms to power every home in the country by 2030 risks being derailed by outdated regulation which is slowing investment in the electricity grid, according to one of the industry’s biggest players.

Germany’s RWE has warned that work to connect the growing number of windfarms off the UK coast to the onshore electricity grid will not keep pace with the government’s goals unless decades-old regulation allows for faster investments.

“The one thing that is delaying our projects is the onshore connections,” said Tom Glover, RWE’s UK boss. “It’s getting quite serious. We are getting to the point of concern over whether that 40GW target can be met purely because of the onshore grid. It is only the onshore grid which could stop this happening.”

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The Guardian, 1 Nov 2020: UK's bid to power every home via offshore windfarms by 2030 at risk