Codes
PEM1
225 MVAr MSCs at Pelham |
Type: Upgrade existing circuits
Status: Strategic Optioneering
Boundaries: EC5E; EC5I; LE1
Region: East England |
One new 225 MVAr switched capacitor (MSC) at Pelham would provide voltage support through East Anglia and North London as system flows increase in future.
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NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: Proceed - Critical |
PEM2
225 MVAr MSCs at Pelham |
Type: Upgrade existing circuits
Status: Strategic Optioneering
Boundaries: EC5E; EC5I; LE1
Region: East England |
One new 225 MVAr switched capacitor (MSC) at Pelham would provide voltage support through East Anglia and North London as system flows increase in future.
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NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: Proceed - Critical |
PKUP
Peterhead - Persley - Kintore 400kV upgrade. |
Type: Upgrade existing circuits
Status: Design/development and consenting
Boundaries: B1a; B2; B4;
Region: Scotland |
Upgrade and/or rebuild the circuits and equipment between Longside (Peterhead 2), Peterhead, Persley, Kintore, Fetteresso, Alyth, and Kincardine
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NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: Proceed - Critical |
PSDC
Spittal to Peterhead HVDC reinforcement |
Type: Develop new circuits
Status: Planning/consenting
Boundaries: B0; B1aE; B1aF; B1aI; B2E; B2F; B2I; B4E; B4F; B4I
Region: Scotland |
Establish a 400 kV substation at Spittal and construct a HVDC subsea link from the new 400 kV substation at Spittal to the existing 400 kV substation at Peterhead.
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NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: HND essential option |
PSNC
New network need from North Wales to South Wales |
Type: Develop new circuits
Status: Scoping
Boundaries: B8; B9; NW2; SW1Rev;
Region: North Wales and West Midlands |
New network need from North Wales to South Wales. This would improve the west region by proposing an alternative route to the generation located in North Wales
Leading The Way: 2037 System Transformation: 2037 |
NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: Proceed - Critical |
PTC1
Pentir to Trawsfynydd cable replacement |
Type: Upgrade existing circuits
Status: Strategic Optioneering
Boundaries: NW2
Region: North Wales and West Midlands |
Upgrade the cable section on the existing Pentir to Trawsfynydd circuit to allow this to operate at higher temperatures and increase the circuits thermal rating.
(Previously recommended in Network Options Assessment 2021/22 Refresh) |
NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: HND essential option |
PTC2
Pentir – Trawsfynydd 1 A220 circuit upgrades (two cores per phase) |
Type: Upgrade existing circuits
Status: Scoping
Boundaries: NW2;
Region: North Wales and West Midlands |
Replace the conductors on the existing circuit between Pentir and Trawsfynydd with a higher capacity then was previosuly recommended
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NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: Proceed - Critical |
PTN2
Further upgrades of new 400kV circuit within North Wales established under PTNO |
Type: Upgrade existing circuits
Status: Scoping
Boundaries: NW2;
Region: North Wales and West Midlands |
New circuit in North Wales with a higher capacity then was previosuly recommended
Leading The Way: 2037 System Transformation: 2037 |
NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: Proceed - Critical |
PTNO
A second transmission circuit on the existing Pentir to Trawsfynydd route |
Type: Upgrade existing circuits
Status: Strategic Optioneering
Boundaries: NW2
Region: North Wales and West Midlands |
Construct a second circuit in North Wales, making use of the existing transmission infrastructure to facilitate power transfer requirements across the relevant boundaries. Associated substation works are required at each end.
(Previously recommended in Network Options Assessment 2021/22 Refresh) |
NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: HND essential option |
PWMS
Two 225MVAr MSCs at Penwortham |
Type: Upgrade existing circuits
Status: Strategic Optioneering
Boundaries: B7aE; B7aI
Region: North England |
Two new 225 MVAr switched capacitors (MSCs) at Penwortham substations would provide voltage support around Mersey area as system flows increase in future.
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NOA 2021/22 Refresh Recommendation: Hold |