Initial Project Assessment of the Offshore Hybrid Asset pilot projects
Consultation
- Upcoming
- Open
- Closed (awaiting decision)
- Closed (with decision)
Publication date
Closing date
Industry sector
Transmission Network
Related links
- Initial Project Assessment of the Third Cap and Floor Window for Electricity Interconnectors
- Multi-purpose Interconnectors Pilot Regulatory Framework
- Cap and Floor Third Window and MPI Pilot Needs Case Framework
- Decision on Multi-Purpose Interconnector pilot project Selection
- Decision on the Regulatory Framework for the Non-Standard Interconnectors of the Offshore Hybrid Asset pilot scheme
Offshore Hybrid Assets combine interconnection with the transmission of offshore wind, providing the potential for coordination and transmission asset efficiency benefits compared to standalone point-to-point interconnectors and radial offshore wind connections.
The Offshore Hybrid Asset pilot application window closed in October 2022. Two projects were deemed eligible to be assessed under the Initial Project Assessment:
- LionLink, to the Netherlands, a proposed 1.8GW connection to an offshore converter station on a Dutch offshore transmission platform; and
- Nautilus, to Belgium, a proposed 1.4GW connection to an offshore converter station on the Modular Offshore Grid 2 (MOG2) Belgian energy island.
This consultation provides our minded-to position on the Initial Project Assessment of these two projects, both of which are Non-Standard Interconnectors. The Initial Project Assessment considers the needs case of the projects for GB consumers, and assesses whether to award the projects a regulatory regime in principle.
Since publication of our consultation on 1 March 2024, we have received a number of requests for additional data to be made available in relation to the supporting analytical reports from NGESO and our consultants Arup.
Some additional data has already been provided and we continue to work to respond to other reasonable requests. To allow for reasonable time for stakeholders to consider additional material, we are extending the closing date of the consultations from 30 April to 31 May 2024.
Respond name
Nick Pittarello