This paper has been produced by the Offshore Wind Industry Council (OWIC) Offshore Transmission Working Group, to support delivery of the Offshore Wind Sector Deal.
It reviews and sets out the emerging grid related barriers to delivering the Sector Deal target of 30GW by 2030, and the national net zero greenhouse gas emission 2050 target, which the Committee on Climate scenarios show will require at least 75GW of offshore wind. In this report we outline the barriers emerging from the experience of the offshore transmission regulatory regime to date, and consider the areas of opportunity in overcoming these barriers and meeting the above targets at the best value for money for the end consumer. A key outcome of identifying areas of barrier and opportunity has been that action is needed now to ensure that long lead-time projects can deliver their full cost-efficient potential in the future.
