First Power

Developer material for the Morgan offshore wind project, prepared jointly for Morgan and Mona, includes an indicative lifecycle timeline that sets out key development and delivery milestones. Within this “Morgan and Mona timeline,” EnBW and bp identify a step labelled “First grid connection for power export commissioning of offshore substations,” positioned in sequence after the expected Commercial Operation Date (COD) milestone. The associated year shown alongside this milestone is 2029, and the slide explicitly notes that all dates on the timeline are indicative rather than firm commitments. The wording of this milestone indicates the first energisation of the offshore transmission system and initiation of power export from Morgan’s offshore substations into the UK grid. In lifecycle terms, this corresponds to an initial first‑power / first‑export event, when electricity is first transmitted on the system for commissioning purposes, ahead of or alongside ramp‑up to full commercial operation. The same timeline graphic also locates earlier milestones such as the Habitats Regulations Assessment by The Crown Estate, the Agreements for Lease, Development Consent Order and marine licence applications, Contracts for Difference (CfD) and lease steps, and the expected Final Investment Decision (FID), showing how the 2029 first‑export milestone fits into the broader sequence for Morgan and Mona. Because the source explicitly presents this as a forward‑looking, indicative schedule, the 2029 first grid connection for power export commissioning is best interpreted as a planned first‑power milestone for Morgan rather than an achieved one.