Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 7 September 2011.
Terms of Reference
Summary
1 Introduction
2 Background
What is a supergrid?
3 The benefits of an integrated solution
Helping the UK meet its renewables targets
Offshore wind ambition
The advantages of an integrated approach
Renewing the onshore grid
Landscape and transmission assets
4 The benefits of increased interconnection
Balancing intermittency
Reducing the need for backup generation: reserve sharing
Economic opportunities
UK comparative advantage
5 Barriers to the development of a supergrid
Technological barriers
Interoperability
Supply chain constraints
Costs
Construction costs
Anticipatory investment
Cost sharing
Price arbitrage
Regulatory challenges
Political commitment and timeline
Conclusion
Conclusions and Recommendations
Barriers to the development of a supergrid
Annex I: Terms of Reference
Annex II: Different supergrid proposals and work streams in 2011
The North Seas Countries' Offshore Grid Initiative
The All-Island Approach
The UK-Baltic Cooperation
The Irish-Scottish Links on Energy (ISLES) study
DESERTEC
Greenpeace proposals
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of printed written evidence
List of additional written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
Oral and written evidence 10 May 2011 14 June 2011 30 June 2011 Written evidence Additional (Unprinted) Written evidence
10 May 2011
14 June 2011
30 June 2011
Written evidence
Additional (Unprinted) Written evidence
