Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon branded the UK grid charging system “utterly absurd” and called on regulator Ofgem to overhaul the regime on day one of All- Energy 2022 in Glasgow.
The so-called TNUoS set-up, which levies more charges the farther north a project is sited, is “a barrier to investment” that will penalise offshore wind projects and onshore wind in the north of Scotland, Sturgeon warned.
“We have a system of transmission charges that still reflects the age of coal,” she told delegates.
More on Sturgeon’s speech and the All-Energy 2022 event is in today’s special reNEWS show daily.
Also in today’s show daily we report on the signing of the Scottish Offshore Wind Energy Council’s Collaborative Framework Charter, how permitting and grid investment must be dramatically accelerated if the renewables sector is to have any chance of hitting its targets, and Red Rock Power lining up key contractors for the 72MW Benbrack wind farm.
There is also an in-depth look at UK hydropower and an interview with Deutsche Windtechnik UK managing director Jason Welch.
For all this and more, check out today’s show daily.