Tuesday, 20 April 2021 The latest figures from Cornwall Insight's Renewables Pipeline Tracker reveal the pipeline of renewable energy and storage projects across England, Scotland and Wales currently stands at 86 GW.
The research also shows 40.6 GW of sites are classified with a development status of "scoping". This is where sites are yet to submit a planning application but have a grid connection option confirmed through National Grid's Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) Register. These scoping sites have been added to Cornwall Insight's analysis to account for the major increase in activity seen for early-stage projects, particularly offshore wind sites.
According to the Renewables Pipeline Tracker, a further 13.5 GW of pipeline capacity is currently classified as "application submitted" and awaiting planning approval; capacity classified as "awaiting construction" totals 24.5GW. Capacity classified as "under construction" stands at 7.8 GW.
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An 86GW pipeline for renewable energy and storage projects across England, Scotland and Wales is waiting to go live.
That’s according to the latest figures from Cornwall Insight‘s Renewables Pipeline Tracker, which show around 40.6GW of them are in the ‘scoping’ process.
That is where sites haven’t yet submitted a planning application but have a grid connection option confirmed through National Grid‘s Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) Register.
The report also shows a further 13.5GW of pipeline capacity is currently classified as ‘application submitted’ and awaiting planning approval.
A total of 24.5GW of new capacity is marked as ‘awaiting construction’ while 7.8GW is currently ‘under construction’.
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Wind farms in the UK are getting larger, with Equinor’s planned Dogger Bank project set to have the same capacity as Hinkley Point C | Credit: Equinor
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