Following the announcement in the 2020 Energy White Paper, the National Policy Statements (NPS) EN-1 to EN-5 were updated to reflect a number of changes in government strategy and policy and other context. The public consultation held in 2021 provided the Draft NPS for EN-1 – EN-5 which, while not adopted, have been an important and relevant consideration for Development Consents Order (DCO) and TCPA energy projects.
To enable delivery of the commitments in the April 2022 ‘British Energy Security Strategy’, the department has reviewed and strengthened the NPSs.
DWD has produced a note to aid clients and others and provide a summary and review of the changes in the Revised Draft NPS suite (2023). DWD is increasingly focused on supporting the delivery of a range of low carbon and renewable energy projects across the country and is currently leading the planning for a number of solar DCO projects, carbon capture power station DCOs (including Keadby 3 – the first carbon capture power station to receive development consent in the UK), and hydrogen production and transport facilities. DWD has a strong understanding of solar, thermal, nuclear, Battery Energy Storage, synchronous compensators (grid stability facilities), wind, biomass, Energy from Waste and transmission development across all planning regimes.
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