WD Walledge Davis Consulting Limited

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Grid connections for generation and storage

Support for solar, wind, BESS and hybrid projects where the connection position drives value, viability or timing. Experience spans projects from 5MW distribution-connected schemes through to DCO-scale transmission-connected solar and BESS.

Solar PV

Support ranges from 5MW distribution-connected schemes through to DCO-scale solar projects where transmission interface risk can become the main programme issue.

Focus is on export positioning, transmission interface exposure, offer strength and likely export curtailment or reinforcement drag where relevant.

Wind

Used where route-to-connection complexity, regional constraint context or queue position materially affects deliverability.

The emphasis is on practical connection routes, not generic wind commentary, and on understanding what the connection path does to timing and risk.

BESS

This is the strongest area of experience. Support covers standalone and co-located BESS, including how the connection should be structured, what offer terms really mean, and where works agreement milestones or curtailment exposure change the investment case.

Particular focus is given to co-located BESS complexity, standalone versus co-located strategy, and how constraints or non-firm access affect dispatch, programme and commercial value.

Hybrid projects

Where technology mix, phasing, or shared connection infrastructure creates decisions that affect the whole project — not just the grid workstream.

Useful where one connection has to support more than one commercial objective and the wrong structure can compromise the overall scheme.

What this page is really about

For generation and storage projects, the connection question is often the main project question. That means understanding the strength of the offer, the practical drag of reinforcements, and whether a project is worth advancing at all.

Support is intentionally practical: clearer risk, clearer timing, better conversations with network companies.

Common outputs

  • • Better understanding of offer risks and milestones
  • • Clearer decision support for investment or land spend
  • • Stronger footing for application and follow-up engagement
  • • More confidence in what to progress and what to drop

Generation or storage project to discuss?

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