Lincolnshire Low Carbon HubSteven Burns

• Background to the Hub• Progress• Learning • Next Steps

Presentation Outline

mVAHarmonicsVoltage

Foot print

Site Layout

Project Background

Year 1 Tier 2 ProjectTotal Budget £3.4mLCNF £3m

ObjectivesDemonstrate 6 innovative techniques

Make it easier for generation to connect

Develop an investment ahead of need concept

Lincolnshire Low Carbon Hub

Existing 33kV Network Layout

Dynamic Line Rating

Network Enhancements

Commercial Agreements FACTs

Dynamic Voltage Control

33kV Active Ring

Low Carbon Hub Network

Elements of the Hub

Proposed Layout

Progress To Date

• FACTS Specification complete• FACTS ITT Issued and being scored• Wayleaves for OHL rebuild well underway• Harmonisation with works at Trusthorpe

Progress to Date

Trusthorpe

New 4.5km Overhead Line

• Local opposition

• Unintended Consequences

• Investment ahead of need Vs business need

• Compulsory wayleaves a last resort

• Not appropriate in this scenario

Proposed Revised Layout

TRUSTHORPE

ALFORD

CHAPEL ST LEONARDS

INGOLDMELLS

SKEGNESS 33kV

NO

NO

NO

NO

Tee

SPILSBY

s

Current LayoutBAMBERS

FARM

TRUSTHORPE

ALFORD

CHAPEL ST LEONARDS

INGOLDMELLS

SKEGNESS 33kV

NO

NO

NO

NO

Tee

SPILSBY

s

Current Layout - 2 Radial FeedersBAMBERS

FARM

TRUSTHORPE

ALFORD

CHAPEL ST LEONARDS

INGOLDMELLS

SKEGNESS 33kV

NO

NO

NO

Tee

SPILSBY

s

Outline Ring DesignBAMBERS

FARM

FACTS

TRUSTHORPE

ALFORD

CHAPEL ST LEONARDS

INGOLDMELLS

SKEGNESS 33kV

NO

NO

Tee

SPILSBY

s

Design 1: Full Unit Protection Scheme

BAMBERSFARM

FACTS

Proposed 9MW

Wind Farm

s

NO

7 Panel Board

7 Panel Board

6 Panel Board

3 Panel Board

Unit Protection

Design 1: Full Unit Protection Scheme

Time – Offline Build, but stretching

Cost - £1.3m over budget

Quality - Significant Network Improvement

Project - Full rebuild not in ethos of scheme

ALFORD

CHAPEL ST LEONARDS

INGOLDMELLS

SKEGNESS 33kV

NO

NO

NO

Tee

SPILSBY

s

Design 2 : Minimal Unit SchemeBAMBERS

FARM

TRUSTHORPE

FACTS

s

7 Panel Board

CTs and Breaker

CTs and Breaker

CTs and Breaker

Unit Protection

Chapel St Leonards

Ingoldmells

Time – Online build with complex works

Cost - On budget

Quality - Significant site reworks, little benefit

Project - High risk, complex

Design 2 : Minimal Unit Scheme

ALFORD

CHAPEL ST LEONARDS

INGOLDMELLS

SKEGNESS 33kV

NO

NO

NO

Tee

SPILSBY

s

Design 3 : Minimal SchemeBAMBERS

FARM

TRUSTHORPE

FACTS

s

7 Panel Board

Change Protection

Distance Protection

Change Protection

Change Protection

Change Protection

Time – Site works realistic

Cost - On budget

Quality - Increased protection risk

Project - Delivers all 6 elementsUtilises existing assets

Design 3 : Minimal Scheme

Learning

Ingoldmells

Unintended Consequences

Investment ahead of need

• Change Process• Space to Innovate• Project Continuity• Re-design Time

Cultural change & technical change

Working with the business

• Space to Innovate• Project Continuity• Re-design Time• Change Process

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