UK federal government considering adjustments to its preparation program for 50MW+ solar sites

• The UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) is eyeing adjustments to its preparation routine for 50MW+ solar sites, with energy storage space developments raising in the nation too.

As part of its evaluation right into energy National Policy Statements (NPSs), which apply only to infrastructure defined as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP), the federal government has actually suggested brand-new assistance on solar PV as it seeks to upgrade its existing planning regimen as well as help with the development of 50MW+ solar projects, which are presently burdened by the NPSs.

Most importantly, under a brand-new section added for solar PV, it clarified that inverters used on site should figure out the ability limits for solar PV projects under area 15 of the 2008 Act. The act specifies the size of projects which can be taken into consideration at regional authority degree rather than though the NSIP path, which has actually been a major barrier to bigger scale solar in the UK as a result of its raised needs and also timescales.

The examination follows calls from Housing Minister Christopher Pincher for market input right into just how to reform the NSIP system, which was reported by PV Tech's sibling publication Solar Power Portal.

It likewise comes in the middle of a flurry of projects in the UK, with job starting at a battery storage site by programmers Harmony Energy and also Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), which is being lauded as the biggest of its kind unfinished in the UK.

Elsewhere, battery storage project developer and also O&M provider Anesco has had its prepare for a 50MW battery storage space site in Essex, England authorized by the neighborhood authority. In the post covering the authorization, Energy-Storage. News Editor Andy Colthorpe provides the growing business situation for batteries.

The NPSs examination is expected to close on 29 November.