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Offshore grids in the North Sea

15th December 2009


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Dealing with wind intermittancy

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Geographical nature of renewables

Source: Trans-CSP 2006

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Supergrid Macro benefits

Facilitation of a large,sustainable, clean,

indigenous, secure,

competitive source of

energy

Aggregation and

smoothing of output (thewind is always blowingsomewhere)

Creation of singleelectricity market in

Europe


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Resource - average wind speeds offshore and onshore

Source: Ris National Laboratory


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Resource North Sea water depths


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Resource Proximity to demand


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Spur connections ...


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Spur connections ... get longer ...


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EnvironmentallySensitiveArea

Spur connections ... get longer ... and larger?


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Connections can be combined

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Or where there is constraint ...


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Or where there is constraint ... create bypass


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Or where there is constraint ... create bypass


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But most significant benefits come from ...


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... Interconnection


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Example 1 Offshore hubs


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Example 2 Offshore grids to avoid onshore constraints


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Example 3 Interconnection: areas where interconnected

network makes sense in the North Sea


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Example 3: Close-up on UK waters


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Example 3 Round 3: Dogger Bank


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