Overview
- Developers are being notified today whether their projects are dropped or prioritized for grid connections by 2030 or 2035.
- More than half of the roughly 700GW queue has been removed, with projects totaling over 300GW canceled to clear space for viable schemes.
- Neso replaces the queue with a 283GW delivery pipeline, assigning 132GW for delivery by 2030 and 151GW by 2035.
- For 2030 connections, nearly half the capacity is expected from solar and batteries, about a third from onshore and offshore wind, and roughly 3% from gas-fired power.
- Neso has separately assessed large consumers such as data centers, with about 99GW of applications fast-tracked, and the reforms are expected to unlock roughly £40bn of investment.