As per the original report, it is targeted, not exhaustive, and aims to include the primary reference points and most useful documents. This update provides the final update, concurrent with our publication timelines, to provide up-to-date external references.
Key literature (most useful publicly available reference sources)
- BEIS - Offshore transmission network review webinar update (17 December 2020)
- National Grid ESO - Phase 1 final report - Offshore Coordination Project (16 December 2020)
- Ofgem - Decision making for future energy systems: Incorporating rapid change and future uncertainties (11 December 2020)
- Climate Change Committee (CCC) – Sixth Carbon budget (9 December 2020)
- OGTC and OREC – Reimagining a net zero North Sea – an integrated energy vision for 2050 (30 November 2020)
- ENTSO-E position on offshore development market and regulatory issues (15 Oct 2020)
- OGTC - Net Zero video
Important news
- New market entrants - The Crown Estate – Round 4 allocations press release (08 February 2021)
- New Integration Interest - Elia TSO - Open Innovation Challenge 2021: Offshore Grid Integration (14 January 2021)
- Speech - Alok Sharma - COP26 President - Working together to achieve the clean energy transition (12 January 2021)
- UK progress position - BEIS /Ofgem - Increasing the level of coordination in offshore electricity infrastructure: BEIS and Ofgem open letter (18 December 2020)
- New EU regulatory regime development - European Commission - Proposal for the revision of the EU rules on Trans-European Networks for Energy (15 December 2020)
- New co-ordination group - The Carbon Trust (with support from EnBW, Equinor, RWE, ScottishPower Renewables, Total and Vattenfall) - The Integrator Programme (03 December 2020)
- Major study commenced - Accelerating deployment of large-scale offshore wind power – Analysis - IEA
