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Offshore Wind Worldwide 2023
2021: which provides, among others,
the regulatory requirements imposed
by the NEA on matters and procedures
relating to the grid connection; and
(d) the Measures on Supervision and Administration of Grid Enterprises in Full
Purchase of Renewable Energy Power
(issued by the State Electricity Regulatory Commission, now the NEA, in 2007),
the Rules on Operation of Power Grids
(for Trial Implementation) (issued by the
State Electricity Regulatory Commission,
now the NEA, in 2006) (Rules on Operation of Power Grids), and the Provisions on
the Administration of Renewable Energy
Power Generation (issued by the NDRC
in 2006): which provide, among others,
the obligation to connect renewable
energy projects to the grid.
Besides, the Notice on Actively Promoting
and Accelerating the Grid Connection of
New Energy Power Projects issued by NEA
on 11 November 2022 provided that the
Grid Company shall take effective measures
to ensure timely grid connection for qualified wind power projects as early as possible
and as much as possible.
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5.2. Planning and construction
of the grid connection system
For the sea areas under its jurisdiction,
each Local NEA is responsible for planning,
among others, the grid connection system
(GCS) which is covered by the Local NEA’s
Offshore Wind Power Plan and procure the
implementation of the grid connection plan
for the project, jointly determined by the
developer and the Grid Company.
With respect to the construction of the
GCS, the Wind Power Interim Measures set
out the allocation of responsibilities among
developers and Grid Companies. Developers are responsible for constructing transmission facilities for connecting the power
plants to the grid, while Grid Companies are
responsible for constructing grid-side facilities to implement the connection.
Pursuant to the Grid Opening Measures and
the Rules on Operation of Power Grids:
(a) the developer engages a qualified independent design institution to carry
out the grid connection design for the
project (see section 3 above);
(b) the Grid Company provides the required technical information to the design
institute to allow it to prepare the design;
(c) the developer prepares a research report
on the grid connection design and submits it to the Grid Company;
