Ripple Energy wind farm?

Reed_Richards

70sbudgie said:

The only issue I have with Ripple is that the Kirk Hill offer specified that the grid connection had already been secured (this is something that I particularly looked for). That appears to not be the case.

If I promised to lend you a tenner you could say that a £10 loan had been "secured" but that doesn't mean you have got the £10 yet; nor even, necessarily, that you know when I will lend it to you.

70sbudgie

I don't believe it works quite like that. But I also don't think it is particularly Ripple's fault - I suspect that it is due to a common misunderstanding of the grid connection process and at which point in the process the connection is "secure". It may well be that it was secure, but Ripple made some changes that were considered to have a material change and therefore the compleetion date was affected.

Or it could be back to National Grid and their timescales. NG are in all sorts of a mess at the moment, with a huge portion of denial included.

NedS

70sbudgie said:

I think you will find that it is not an issue specific to Ripple - every single generation application in the UK will have similar wait times - regardless of whether the generating technology is renewable or fossil fuels.

And the issue is not SP Networks - the DNO. The issue is the transmission operator - National Grid.

Have a look at these videos for some more information on connecting to the transmission network:
https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/connections/regional-customer-connections-update

And have a look at this page for what NG are doing about it:
https://www.nationalgrideso.com/industry-information/connections/two-step-offer-process

The only issue I have with Ripple is that the Kirk Hill offer specified that the grid connection had already been secured (this is something that I particularly looked for). That appears to not be the case.

I think connection to the grid (in principle) may well have been secured, but the time scale upon which that happens is subject to change and is outside of Ripple's control. Ripple may even have been given a proposed date when connection could happen, but again that is subject to change and outside of Ripple's control.

Major listed renewables infrastructure funds experienced slippage in bringing new projects online, either due to delays in manufacturing or delivery, or connection delays, so it is of no surprise that small private ventures like Ripple would experience similar delays.

Exiled_Tyke

So Kirk Hill members have been invited to extend their investment today.   Has anybody taken this up and joined the waiting list?

70sbudgie

I have. Despite my comments above, I am an optimist. I think that the solar farm is likely to suffer similar grid related delays, and I'm not sure if 40 year income will suit me as well, so increasing my share of Kirk Hill seems like a good solution.

Exiled_Tyke

70sbudgie said:

I have. Despite my comments above, I am an optimist. I think that the solar farm is likely to suffer similar grid related delays, and I'm not sure if 40 year income will suit me as well, so increasing my share of Kirk Hill seems like a good solution.

Yes I've taken a similar view. Much as I want to diversify a little I prefer Kirk Hill (for the reasons you mention) to project 3 right now so have applied for a top up.  Of course there's no guarantee I'll get it!  

will-he-payitoff

Exiled_Tyke said:

So Kirk Hill members have been invited to extend their investment today.   Has anybody taken this up and joined the waiting list?

Any idea if it will be extended to people who have paid their deposit for Project 3?

70sbudgie

I don't believe so. In the same way that being only a member of the Kirk Hill co-op, I have no access to Craig Fatha. 

Coastalwatch

Our March energy bill arrived yesterday and was delighted to discover that Ripples contribution from GF's generation covered the entire bill with 75p to spare. Admittedly solar and storage batts reduced import to half of what it would have been otherwise, but included in those figures was a healthy chunk of EV charging accounting for 21% of the overall total.

jaybeetoo

Anyone looked at Companies House and noticed that Ripple Energy Ltd accounts are overdue?  The last published accounts are to 31 March 2021.