The government is involved in the establishment of a central system operation policy for offshore wind power generation, including system security and environmental assessment.
The government will soon formulate a "central method" operation policy in which the national government takes the lead in formulating projects for offshore wind power generation projects. Organize the role played by the government and the direction of operation in the same system. The operation policy clearly states that the government will play a leading role in a wide range of items, such as securing grid connections and environmental impact assessments, in addition to surveys of natural conditions such as wind conditions and seabed soil, which were assumed. In the same way, a scheme will be established in which the national government is responsible for provisionally securing grids, eliminating the need for operators to secure individual grids.
At the external expert meeting held on the 30th, the outline of the "Operation policy for the central system for offshore wind power generation" was presented. The measures will be applied sequentially starting with areas that have been sorted out as ``areas that have advanced to a certain preparatory stage,'' prior to being designated as promotional areas.
The outline draft is an initiative in which the government is involved ▽ Designation of the project implementation area and public solicitation of power generation companies ▽ Regional coordination ▽ Site survey (wind conditions, seabed soil, weather and ocean conditions) ▽ Securing grid connection ▽ Environmental assessment ▽ Fishery survey- I listed six.
Regarding the securing of the grid, offshore wind power generation companies currently conclude individual connection contracts with electric power companies. The operation is to apply for public offering of business operators as the basis of the public offering occupation plan. Since the scale of power generation facilities that can be developed depends on the system capacity that the operator has secured, it has been pointed out that the potential of the sea area cannot be fully utilized. In the future, the government will establish a new scheme to request electric power companies to temporarily secure grids. Incorporate as part of the central method. We do not require individual grids to be secured by operators.
In the environmental assessment procedure, the business operator creates four-stage documents: ▽ Consideration document, method document, preparation document, and evaluation document, and submits them to the national and prefectural governments. Listen to the opinions of each department and improve your skills. However, the submission of books by multiple companies is concentrated at the same time, and the burden on related organizations is heavy.
Under the initiative of the government, the government plans to build a scheme that can avoid duplicate procedures and operate it as part of the scheme.
An official from the Ministry of the Environment who attended the meeting pointed out that "In Denmark, the Netherlands, and other advanced offshore wind power generation countries, the government has taken the initiative and has completed assessments up to a certain stage." It was decided that the optimal way of doing things would be promptly considered and reflected in the design of the system.
