From Bottlenecks to Breakthroughs: Smarter Capacity Screening for Modern Energy Networks
Developers of Distributed Energy Resource (DER) projects, spanning solar, wind, energy from waste, and storage, must balance site selection with early insight into network capacity access. Grid screening typically focuses on Grid Supply Points (GSPs), Bulk Supply Points (BSPs), and Primary substations for larger schemes. But as projects scale down, visibility becomes a challenge: below Primary Substation level, data on network capacity is limited, with public sources like DNO Long Term Development Statements offering little to no detail on 11kV, 6.6kV, or LV networks.