End the gridlock: Octopus Energy report reveals how to speed up green grid connection
Tuesday 23 May 2023
The generation business of Octopus proposes a shakeup of grid connections, after the House of Commons BEIS committee report, indicated gird connection bottleneck to decarbonisation of the power sector.
- Five steps outlined to speed up connection of new wind and solar farms
- 2.5m homes could be powered a year by green projects unlocked by findings
- Move would bring down bills and reduce reliance on polluting fossil fuels
- Comes as UK has one of Europe’s biggest grid connection queues at 200 GW+
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