Grid Application Declined Or Withdrawn

During the early grid connection planning for the Lincs, Race Bank and Docking Shoal offshore wind projects, the developer applied to National Grid for grid connections in the Skegness area. Central Networks East (the local distribution operator) indicated that it did not have sufficient capacity to accommodate any of the projects and that a new 400kV substation at Skegness would be required, which was unlikely to be delivered in time for the targeted 2010 connection date; as a result, the Skegness grid connection option was not pursued further, and the route towards Walpole was taken forward instead, shaping the eventual Lincs OFTO connection.