2. INTRODUCTION
• Transmission reinforcement requirements
to ensure security of supply in a low
carbon system
• Potential challenges in deploying the
transmission capacity
• Consents statistics and typical timelines
• Lessons learned
• Potential opportunities to de-risk projects
4. ADDITIONAL GRID CAPACITY THROUGH REINFORCEMENT
4.35 GW in design at
pre-consent stage
Includes Beauly to Denny
400 kV, Caithness to
Moray, Beauly to Kintore
275 kV.
2.25 GW in design at
pre-consent stage
Includes Shetland,
Orkney, Western Isles,
and various radial
projects.
3.36 GW at
optioneering stage
Includes Eastern HVDC
bootstrap, East of Beauly
(Beauly – Kintore).
6. BARRIERS TO DEPLOYMENT OF ADDITIONAL GRID CAPACITY
Coordination in
planning between
onshore/offshore grid
Capacity market design
CFD for Western Isles
EU-wide market
Integration,
interconnectors
Delays in planning and
delivery of infrastructure
8. DECISION TIMESCALES (SECTION 36 AND 37)
0 5 10 15 20
9 months or less
9-12 months
12-18 months
18-24 months
24 months or more
Number of decisions
9. DECISION TIMESCALES (SECTION 37)
0 5 10 15
9 months or less
9-12 months
12-18 months
18-24 months
24 months or more
Number of decisions
10. BEAULY – DENNY 400 KV TIMELINE
January – Consent granted
(subject to 313 conditions)
116 pre construction conditions
NPF2 is published
Identification of
project need
Jack McConnel is FM
Longannet coal mine
closure
Falkirk wheel opens
10% of electrical
demand from
renewables (largely
hydro)
Public
consultation on
draft routes
opposition
groups begin to
form
Crystal Rigg WF,
Scottish Borders
commissioned
First NPF
published
Application for s.37 consent
for 220 km route made in
September
Hadyard Hill WF
STERN REVIEW
published
Italy win the
World cup
April – Consultation
concludes with
objections from
CNPA, Falkirk,
Stirling and PK
Councils
August – PLI ordered
Alex Salmond is FM,
SNP minority
government
Target for 50% of
electricity from
renewables by 2020
February – December
PLI Sessions
February - Reporters
Findings Published
Project completion
scheduled for late
2015/early 2016
London Olympics
February - SPT submits
SVIMS
November - Woodland felling
& access track construction
begins in SHET area
Connections enabled
for WFs including
Beinneun, Bhlariadh,
Stronelairg by
Beauly Denny
100% of electricity
demand to be met
by renewables by
2020
35% of electrical
demand supplied by
renewables in 2011
2002
2004
2005
2006
2007
2009
2010
2011
2002
2004
2006
2007
2009 2011
2016
2012
2017
July – First
section from
Beauly to Fort
Augustus
electrified
2013
11. OLD NEWS?
“Campaigners fear another
Beauly-Denny-style “ravaging”
of the landscape after power
company chiefs refused to rule
out building more huge pylons
in the Highlands”
Press and Journal, 11 September 2014
12. LESSONS LEARNED
• Early and ongoing consultation essential
• Improved media and community liaison
• Coordinated and transparent approaches
• PLI and public hearings are not a good
forum for solving problems
14. • GIS heat mapping used to
inform strategic corridor
selection
• Charrette style consultation
workshops to bring consultees
on board
• Acceptance that project need is
not open for debate
• Problem solving addressed
through partnership at the
early stage
15. TYPICAL PROCESS
• Project Need
• Internal working
document to
define project
need. Forms key
part of later
public
consultation.
• Corridor
Assessment
• Strategic
assessment of
corridors. Use
MCA/GIS to
analyse key
constraints.
• Public
consultation on
corridors.
• Route Options
• Develop route
options within
preferred
corridor.
• Public
consultation on
preferred route.
• Proposed Route
• Proposed route
finalised
following
consultation.
• Additional
consultation if
necessary.
• EIA process
• Scoping. Time
critical surveys
(eg min 1 yr bird
survey). Impact
assessment.
• Application
• Minimum 9 months
for determination
0 – 6 months 6 – 12 months 12 – 18 months 18 – 24 months 24 – 36 months
16. CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
• Transmission reinforcement is a
key driver of security of supply in
moving to a low carbon system
• Planning represents a significant
challenge in deploying the
transmission capacity
• Opportunities to de-risk projects
require implementation by a range
of stakeholders
