Written question asked by Kenny MacAskill (Alba Party) on Monday, 18 March 2024, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 21 March 2024 (named day). It was answered by Graham Stuart (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 March 2024 on behalf of the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

National Grid: Scotland

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what the proposed additional (a) cable and (b) grid connections will be between (i) Scotland and Scottish Waters and (ii) the rest of the UK as part of the transitional centralised strategic network plan.

Answer: The Electricity System Operator’s (ESO) report: ‘Beyond 2030: a national blueprint for a decarbonised electricity system’ includes proposals to install new circuits to reinforce the network between Scotland and the rest of Great Britain, helping to connect the ScotWind projects to the Great Britain electricity grid and transmit the electricity on to consumers. The total capacity of the additional links between Scotland and the rest of Great Britain is 6.8GW. More detail is included in the ESO’s report.

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