Select committee: Welsh Affairs Committee
Recommendation 16
Second Report - Floating Offshore Wind in Wales
Published 8 Mar 2023
Paragraph 68
Addressed to Wales Office
Welsh Affairs Committee Floating Offshore Wind in Wales All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
Wider decarbonisation goals should be considered when planning grid infrastructure. The UK Government should continue to appraise National Grid ESO’s Holistic Network Design and follow-up exercise with this in mind and ensure opportunities for decarbonisation in Wales are not missed when decisions over where to connect floating offshore wind in the Celtic Sea are made. The UK Government should update us on work to strengthen the grid in South West Wales to accommodate future generation in the Celtic Sea.
From: Welsh Affairs Committee, Second Report - Floating Offshore Wind in Wales (HC 1182), paragraph 68, 8 March 2023
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 26 May 2023 (deadline 8 May 2023).