Developed in consultation with the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments, Ofgem, Transmission Owners, offshore wind developers and environmental stakeholders, the HND primarily includes offshore wind projects that secured seabed leases through The Crown Estate’s Offshore Wind Leasing Round 4 and Crown Estate Scotland’s ScotWind Leasing Round.

The HND is being developed using a structured design approach created by National Grid ESO and in discussed with transmission owners, BEIS, and Ofgem. The design process consists of six key building blocks, shown in

Jul 8, 2022 · National Grid ESO has published Pathway to 2030 and the Holistic Network Design (HND), aiming to deliver up to £54bn ($64.8bn) investment in GB network infrastructure and create up to 168,000 jobs by 2030.

Jul 7, 2022 · Reduce CO2 emissions between 2030 and 2032 by 2 mega tonnes – equivalent to grounding all UK domestic flights for a year – by facilitating the flow of cleaner, greener energy and reducing reliance on fossil fuels. The next steps involve a follow on HND to include further offshore wind developments including all of ScotWind projects by Q1 2023.

Nov 15, 2022 · The Holistic Network Design (HND) from National Grid will see the first of the ScotWind offshore wind projects connected to the grid by 2030. The first phase of the UK's plan for connecting 23GW of offshore wind to the grid to help achieve the 50GW by 2030 target will see up to 11GW of the ScotWind leasing round connected by 2030.

Oct 19, 2022 · This letter outlines our decision on the classification of the assets included in National Grid Electricity System Operator’s (NGESO) first Holistic Network Design (HND) into three categories: -...

Jul 7, 2022 · SSE Renewables welcomes today’s publication of National Grid ESO’s Holistic Network Design (HND) which is an important step towards identifying much of the strategic grid infrastructure required to deliver on the UK’s ambitious target of 50GW of offshore wind by 2030.

Jul 7, 2022 · National Grid ESO (NG ESO) has unveiled its Pathway to 2030 Holistic Network Design (HND) which outlines an integrated network design to support the large-scale delivery of electricity generated from offshore wind in the UK.

Sep 1, 2022 · The Holistic Network Design (HND) provides a recommended offshore and onshore design for a 2030 electricity network, that facilitates the UK Government’s ambition for 50 GW of offshore wind by 2030.

We launched the offshore transmission network review (OTNR) in 2020 to ensure that the transmission connections for offshore wind generation are delivered in the most appropriate way, and to find...