Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022 edition - Flipbook - Page 43
Offshore Wind Worldwide 2022
V. Grid and grid connection
A. Legal framework for the connection
to the onshore grid and the establishment of the grid connection
The framework governing the connection of
offshore wind power projects to the onshore
grid and the establishment of the grid
connection is provided by various sources.
The major sources are the following:
1.the Electric Power Law of the People’s
Republic of China: chapter three of which
concerns the grid administration,
generally requiring Grid Companies to
accept the connection request from
developers. For this purpose, the parties
should enter into a grid connection and
despatching agreement, allowing the
plant to be connected to the grid, which
must be drafted using the template
agreement issued by the NEA and the
SAMR, the most updated version of which
was issued on 28 December 2021;
2.the Wind Power Interim Measures: which
provide, among others, the procedures for
the construction and establishment of
wind power projects (onshore and
offshore) including in relation to grid
connection;
3.the Regulation on the Fair Opening of
Power Grid (Grid Opening Measures),
issued by the NEA on 29 September 2021:
which provides, among others, the
regulatory requirements imposed by the
NEA on matters and procedures relating
to the grid connection; and
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4.4. 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.
B. P
lanning and construction
of the grid connection system
For the sea areas under its jurisdiction, each
Local NEA is responsible for planning,
among others, the 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.