"Developers will be told on Monday whether their plans will be dismissed by the National Energy System Operator (Neso) or whether they will be prioritised to connect by either the end of the decade or 2035. More than half of the energy projects in the queue will be removed to make way for about 40bn-worth of schemes considered the most likely to help meet the government's goal to build a virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030."
"Ed Miliband, the energy secretary, said: We inherited a broken system where zombie projects were allowed to hold up grid connections for viable projects that will bring investment, jobs and economic growth. He added: To fix this we embarked on ambitious, once-in-a-generation reforms to clean up the queue and prioritise the projects that are ready to help us deliver clean power by 2030."
"Under the previous first-come, first-served model the queue had grown tenfold in five years to about 700GW of generation and storage projects, or roughly four times what the country is expected to need by the end of the decade. The surge in applications was largely fuelled by a boom in solar and battery projects eager to help the UK meet its green energy targets."
Neso will dismiss hundreds of electricity generation projects and prioritise others for connection by 2030 or 2035. More than half of projects in the queue will be removed to make way for about £40bn of schemes considered most likely to help meet the government goal of a virtually zero-carbon power system by 2030. The clearing ends a two-year process to remove zombie projects that caused up to 15-year waits for grid connections. The previous first-come, first-served model allowed the queue to grow tenfold to about 700GW, fuelled by solar and battery applications lacking permissions or financing. Almost twice as many battery projects were rejected as were fast-tracked under the new process.
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