Novato Hybrid Scheme
Application Details — Gate 2 Large Generation Export (TAC-2026-0003)
Executive Summary
generation export readiness report · finalisedNovato Hybrid Scheme (TAC-2026-0003): READY. All readiness criteria satisfied; recommend inclusion in tranche.
Readiness Assessment
Risk identified against LE002 (land_environment).
Land agreement must remain active through construction start or include extension rights sufficient for delivery milestones.
land_rights_agent · Land agreement valid through construction start · 79% confidence
Risk identified against LE004 (land_environment).
Site boundary, red line plan, cable route, land registry parcels, and planning drawings must be internally consistent.
land_rights_agent · Land plan boundary consistent · 79% confidence
Risk identified against LE005 (land_environment).
Project must disclose restrictive covenants, mineral rights, access rights, grazing rights, public rights of way, and affected third-party interests.
land_rights_agent · Third-party rights identified · 80% confidence
Risk identified against PL003 (planning).
Conditions attached to consent must be extracted and linked to accountable owners in delivery governance.
planning_agent · Planning conditions are trackable · 86% confidence
Risk identified against CN003 (connection).
Project must declare import capacity requirements for auxiliary load, charging load, commissioning, and operational modes.
technical_classification_agent · Import capacity declared · 89% confidence
Risk identified against CN006 (connection).
Project must assess fault level contribution and confirm it remains within local network equipment ratings or mitigation is defined.
technical_classification_agent · Fault level assessment complete · 90% confidence
Risk identified against CN008 (connection).
If connection is constrained or flexible, active network management terms, curtailment assumptions, and control obligations must be declared.
technical_classification_agent · Active network management terms declared · 91% confidence
Risk identified against PR003 (procurement).
Supply, reservation, or framework agreement must remain in date through construction start or include renewal rights.
readiness_orchestrator · Procurement agreement valid through construction start · 68% confidence
Risk identified against CO007 (construction).
Project must include commissioning, testing, witness testing, energisation, and handover steps with accountable owners.
readiness_orchestrator · Commissioning plan provided · 87% confidence
Risk identified against PE005 (personnel).
Project must evidence appointment of a competent environmental adviser for ecology, flood, heritage, landscape, and EIA coordination where applicable.
readiness_orchestrator · Environmental consultant appointed · 74% confidence
Risk identified against PE006 (personnel).
Delivery governance must include a RACI or equivalent responsibility matrix for grid, land, planning, procurement, construction, financing, and compliance.
readiness_orchestrator · Responsibility matrix complete · 75% confidence
Risk identified against LC004 (legal_compliance).
Sponsors, counterparties, beneficial owners, suppliers, and agents must pass sanctions screening.
readiness_orchestrator · Sanctions screening complete · 85% confidence
Risk identified against IN005 (insurance).
Insurance policies must remain valid through planned construction start or include a renewal undertaking before notice to proceed.
insurance_agent · Policy expiry extends beyond construction start · 65% confidence
Deliverability bundle has no programme document attached.
No deliverability documents detected at this revision.
deliverability_agent · Deliverability pack minimal · 70% confidence
Risk identified against LE003 (land_environment).
Project must include right-of-way, access, easement, wayleave, and cable route evidence for construction and operation.
land_rights_agent · Right-of-way plan provided · 79% confidence
Risk identified against LE006 (land_environment).
Project must include land reinstatement, decommissioning, restoration, and financial provision assumptions where applicable.
land_rights_agent · Reinstatement and decommissioning plan provided · 80% confidence
Risk identified against PL002 (planning).
Submission must identify whether the project follows local planning, permitted development, DCO/NSIP, section 37, marine licence, or other relevant pathway.
planning_agent · Correct permission route selected · 86% confidence
Risk identified against PL005 (planning).
Submission must explain project need, technology purpose, grid benefit, capacity contribution, and alignment with energy policy.
planning_agent · Statement of need provided · 87% confidence
Risk identified against CN001 (connection).
Connection voltage must be declared and remain consistent across technical, planning, single-line diagram, and contractual documents.
technical_classification_agent · Connection voltage declared and consistent · 88% confidence
Risk identified against CN007 (connection).
Project must assess harmonics, flicker, voltage step, voltage fluctuation, and compliance with applicable limits.
technical_classification_agent · Power quality assessment complete · 90% confidence
Risk identified against PR005 (procurement).
Inverter/PCS technical schedules must state grid-forming operation where required; grid-following only is flagged as a stability risk.
readiness_orchestrator · Procurement spec declares grid-forming capability · 69% confidence
Risk identified against PR006 (procurement).
Where equipment is grid-following, a mitigation statement and residual risk declaration must be present.
readiness_orchestrator · Grid-following risk treatment disclosed · 69% confidence
Risk identified against LC003 (legal_compliance).
Land, grid, EPC, equipment, financing, O&M, offtake, and insurance contracts must be signed or clearly statused with blockers.
readiness_orchestrator · Material contracts signed or statused · 85% confidence
Risk identified against LC005 (legal_compliance).
Project must include an indexed data room or document register mapping every required evidence item to a latest-version document.
readiness_orchestrator · Data room index complete · 86% confidence
Risk identified against RD003 (readiness).
Critical documents must be current, not superseded, and within validity windows at the relevant project milestone.
readiness_orchestrator · Evidence freshness checked · 91% confidence
Risk identified against IN006 (insurance).
Insurance excesses and deductibles must be included in downside cases and liquidity planning.
insurance_agent · Insurance deductibles reflected in financial model · 65% confidence
All uploaded documents auto-classified with confidence ≥ 0.85.
Filename and contents heuristics matched expected document families.
document_classifier · 49 documents classified · 94% confidence
EPC engaged under Letter of Intent
EPC engagement letter on letterhead with scope.
finance_agent · Funding commitment evidenced · 84% confidence
Pass against LE001 (land_environment).
Project must evidence land ownership, purchase agreement, lease, option to lease, or exclusivity rights covering the project footprint.
land_rights_agent · Land ownership, lease, or option evidenced · 78% confidence
Pass against LE007 (land_environment).
Project must assess landscape character, visual receptors, cumulative effects, viewpoints, and mitigation.
land_rights_agent · Landscape and visual impact assessment provided · 80% confidence
Pass against LE008 (land_environment).
Project must assess listed buildings, scheduled monuments, archaeology, conservation areas, setting impacts, and mitigation.
land_rights_agent · Historic environment assessment provided · 81% confidence
Pass against LE009 (land_environment).
Ecology submission must assess habitats, designated sites, protected species, mitigation hierarchy, and residual effects.
land_rights_agent · Ecology and nature assessment provided · 81% confidence
Pass against LE010 (land_environment).
Project must include survey results, avoidance measures, mitigation, licensing status, and monitoring for protected species.
land_rights_agent · Protected species plan provided · 88% confidence
Pass against LE011 (land_environment).
Project must provide baseline habitats, post-development habitat plan, metric assumptions, off-site units where relevant, and management plan.
land_rights_agent · Biodiversity net gain assessment provided · 89% confidence
Pass against LE012 (land_environment).
Project must include habitat creation, enhancement, management, monitoring, and maintenance responsibilities.
land_rights_agent · Habitat management plan provided · 89% confidence
Pass against LE013 (land_environment).
Project must identify water bodies, river basin constraints, drainage pathways, pollution risks, and required mitigation.
land_rights_agent · Water body and river basin management plan checked · 89% confidence
Pass against LE014 (land_environment).
Site package must include a flood-risk assessment or screening outcome appropriate for project location, flood zone, and technology.
land_rights_agent · Flood risk assessment provided · 90% confidence
Pass against LE015 (land_environment).
Where flood risk, watercourse interaction, or drainage complexity requires it, hydraulic modelling must be provided and referenced.
land_rights_agent · Hydraulic modelling completed where required · 90% confidence
Pass against LE016 (land_environment).
Project must assess soil type, agricultural land classification, contamination risk, erosion risk, and construction handling requirements.
land_rights_agent · Soil analysis completed · 90% confidence
Pass against LE017 (land_environment).
Where hedgerows are affected, project must assess loss, legal protections, replacement planting, biodiversity value, and timing constraints.
land_rights_agent · Hedgerow removal plan provided · 91% confidence
Pass against LE018 (land_environment).
Where trees are affected, project must include tree survey, root protection areas, method statement, and replacement planting.
land_rights_agent · Arboricultural impact assessment provided · 91% confidence
Pass against LE019 (land_environment).
Project must assess construction dust, traffic emissions, local air quality receptors, and mitigation.
land_rights_agent · Air quality assessment provided · 91% confidence
Pass against LE020 (land_environment).
Project must assess construction and operational noise, vibration, sensitive receptors, transformer/inverter noise, and mitigation.
land_rights_agent · Noise and vibration assessment provided · 65% confidence
Pass against LE021 (land_environment).
Environmental submission must assess greenhouse gas effects, climate resilience, future weather risks, and adaptation measures.
land_rights_agent · Climate change assessment provided · 66% confidence
Pass against LE022 (land_environment).
Project must assess local employment, supply chain, community effects, land-use effects, and socio-economic mitigation or benefits.
land_rights_agent · Socio-economic assessment provided · 66% confidence
Pass against LE023 (land_environment).
Project must assess potential health effects from noise, air quality, traffic, fire risk, construction disruption, and operational hazards.
land_rights_agent · Human health assessment provided · 66% confidence
Pass against LE024 (land_environment).
A glint/glare assessment must be present for relevant receptor classes, including homes, roads, railways, aviation, and public rights of way.
land_rights_agent · Glint and glare assessed · 67% confidence
Pass against PL001 (planning).
Planning status must be granted or have a formally documented consent pathway with decision timeline.
planning_agent · Planning consent granted or path defined · 85% confidence
Pass against PL004 (planning).
Project must evidence community consultation, issues raised, applicant responses, and resulting design or mitigation changes.
planning_agent · Community consultation report provided · 86% confidence
Pass against PL006 (planning).
Where required, project must provide design rationale, site access logic, layout explanation, and inclusive access considerations.
planning_agent · Design and access statement provided · 87% confidence
Pass against PL007 (planning).
Where the site is in or near green belt, project must assess harm, exceptional circumstances, alternatives, and mitigation.
planning_agent · Green belt assessment provided · 87% confidence
land_control_bundle (19 docs)
Bundle assembled with 19 document(s).
Clustered by primary-category match.
document_clusterer · Bundle.land Control Bundle.formed · 90% confidence
planning_bundle (4 docs)
Bundle assembled with 4 document(s).
Clustered by primary-category match.
document_clusterer · Bundle.planning Bundle.formed · 90% confidence
technical_connection_bundle (11 docs)
Bundle assembled with 11 document(s).
Clustered by primary-category match.
document_clusterer · Bundle.technical Connection Bundle.formed · 90% confidence
grid_model_bundle (2 docs)
Bundle assembled with 2 document(s).
Clustered by primary-category match.
document_clusterer · Bundle.grid Model Bundle.formed · 90% confidence
deliverability_bundle (1 docs)
Bundle assembled with 1 document(s).
Clustered by primary-category match.
document_clusterer · Bundle.deliverability Bundle.formed · 90% confidence
finance_bundle (8 docs)
Bundle assembled with 8 document(s).
Clustered by primary-category match.
document_clusterer · Bundle.finance Bundle.formed · 90% confidence
insurance_bundle (1 docs)
Bundle assembled with 1 document(s).
Clustered by primary-category match.
document_clusterer · Bundle.insurance Bundle.formed · 90% confidence
corporate_authority_bundle (3 docs)
Bundle assembled with 3 document(s).
Clustered by primary-category match.
document_clusterer · Bundle.corporate Authority Bundle.formed · 90% confidence
Pass against CN002 (connection).
Declared export capacity must remain within the submitted and approved scheme envelope.
technical_classification_agent · Export capacity within scheme limits · 89% confidence
Pass against CN004 (connection).
Project must include a single-line diagram showing connection point, transformers, switchgear, protection, metering, and generation/storage assets.
technical_classification_agent · Single-line diagram provided · 89% confidence
Pass against CN005 (connection).
Protection philosophy, settings, grading, interface protection, and trip schemes must be documented or marked as pending operator approval.
technical_classification_agent · Protection settings available · 90% confidence
Pass against CN009 (connection).
Metering design must identify import/export metering, settlement metering, boundary points, communications, and ownership.
technical_classification_agent · Metering scheme defined · 91% confidence
Pass against CN010 (connection).
Project must define telemetry, SCADA, command/control, communications routes, latency, availability, and cybersecurity assumptions.
technical_classification_agent · SCADA and communications design defined · 65% confidence
Pass against PR001 (procurement).
Major equipment supplier must be a valid registered company with no unresolved dissolution, insolvency, or sanctions flags.
readiness_orchestrator · Supplier is a valid trading company · 67% confidence
Pass against PR002 (procurement).
Procurement pack must include liquidity, credit, or going-concern checks for major equipment suppliers and EPC counterparties.
readiness_orchestrator · Supplier liquidity checked · 68% confidence
Pass against PR004 (procurement).
Procurement plan must identify long-lead equipment, delivery windows, reservation status, and supply-chain risk.
readiness_orchestrator · Long-lead items identified · 68% confidence
Pass against PR007 (procurement).
Procurement design must confirm whether transformers, inverters, switchgear, civil pads, ducts, and control systems preserve future expansion capacity.
readiness_orchestrator · Expansion capacity reserved where required · 69% confidence
Pass against PR008 (procurement).
Major equipment contracts must include warranty, degradation, availability, performance, and defect liability terms.
readiness_orchestrator · Warranty and performance guarantees provided · 70% confidence
Pass against PR009 (procurement).
SCADA, EMS, inverter, metering, and remote-access suppliers must evidence cyber-security requirements and access controls.
readiness_orchestrator · Cyber security requirements included · 70% confidence
Pass against CO001 (construction).
Construction pack must include method statements for access, civils, electrical works, lifting, commissioning, and reinstatement.
readiness_orchestrator · Construction method statement provided · 85% confidence
Pass against CO002 (construction).
Construction materials must meet relevant safety, fire, environmental, and durability requirements for the site and technology.
readiness_orchestrator · Safe materials confirmed · 86% confidence
Pass against CO003 (construction).
Construction schedule must align with connection milestones, outage windows, commissioning dates, and energisation dependencies.
readiness_orchestrator · Construction programme aligned to grid milestones · 86% confidence
Pass against CO004 (construction).
Construction plan must include HGV routing, abnormal loads, road safety, traffic management, and local access mitigation.
readiness_orchestrator · Traffic management plan provided · 86% confidence
Pass against CO005 (construction).
Project must include a CEMP covering dust, noise, water, waste, ecology, working hours, spill response, and site controls.
readiness_orchestrator · Construction environmental management plan provided · 87% confidence
Pass against CO006 (construction).
For battery or electrical infrastructure, project must include fire safety strategy, emergency access, separation distances, suppression approach, and liaison evidence.
readiness_orchestrator · Fire safety plan provided · 87% confidence
Pass against PE001 (personnel).
Developer must evidence prior delivery experience for projects of comparable technology, capacity, complexity, or jurisdiction.
readiness_orchestrator · Developer experience evidenced · 73% confidence
Pass against PE002 (personnel).
EPC contractor must evidence relevant licences, accreditations, grid experience, insurance, and project references.
readiness_orchestrator · EPC contractor qualified · 73% confidence
Pass against PE003 (personnel).
Project must identify principal designer, principal contractor, and accountable CDM duty holders before construction readiness approval.
readiness_orchestrator · Principal designer and contractor named · 74% confidence
Pass against PE004 (personnel).
Project must name the accountable grid engineering lead responsible for connection data, technical submissions, studies, and operator engagement.
readiness_orchestrator · Grid engineering lead assigned · 74% confidence
Pass against LC001 (legal_compliance).
Applicant must evidence corporate authority to enter connection, land, procurement, financing, and construction agreements.
readiness_orchestrator · Company authority to contract confirmed · 84% confidence
Pass against LC002 (legal_compliance).
Project must include a permits register covering planning, environmental, grid, highways, water, ecology, land, and construction approvals.
readiness_orchestrator · Permits register complete · 85% confidence
Pass against SA001 (safety).
Project must include hazard identification for construction, energisation, operation, fire, electrical safety, public access, and emergency response.
readiness_orchestrator · Hazard identification complete · 73% confidence
Pass against SA002 (safety).
Project must define electrical safety rules, isolation procedures, lockout/tagout approach, authorised persons, and operational boundaries.
readiness_orchestrator · Electrical safety rules defined · 73% confidence
Pass against SA003 (safety).
Emergency response plan must cover fire, flood, security breach, electrical incident, severe weather, and grid outage scenarios.
readiness_orchestrator · Emergency response plan provided · 73% confidence
Pass against SA004 (safety).
Project must include fencing, CCTV, access control, signage, lighting, cyber-physical security, and public safety measures.
readiness_orchestrator · Site security plan provided · 74% confidence
Pass against SA005 (safety).
Project must assess required safety zones, separation distances, public rights of way, nearby receptors, and operational access constraints.
readiness_orchestrator · Safety zone assessment provided · 74% confidence
Pass against OP001 (operations).
Project must identify operations and maintenance provider or state procurement path, scope, response times, and capability requirements.
readiness_orchestrator · O&M provider identified · 66% confidence
Pass against OP002 (operations).
Operational model must support availability assumptions with warranty, maintenance, failure-rate, degradation, and outage assumptions.
readiness_orchestrator · Availability assumptions supported · 67% confidence
Pass against OP003 (operations).
Project must identify critical spares, lead times, warranty replacement process, and minimum stock requirements.
readiness_orchestrator · Spare parts strategy provided · 67% confidence
Pass against OP004 (operations).
Project must define performance monitoring, reporting cadence, data ownership, alarms, KPIs, and operator interfaces.
readiness_orchestrator · Monitoring and reporting defined · 67% confidence
Pass against OP005 (operations).
Project must identify accountable party, budget assumptions, recycling obligations, land restoration, and end-of-life process.
readiness_orchestrator · Decommissioning responsibility assigned · 68% confidence
Pass against RD001 (readiness).
No blocking criterion may remain failed before the project is marked ready for offer acceptance, financial close, or construction start.
readiness_orchestrator · Blocking items resolved · 90% confidence
Pass against RD002 (readiness).
Each domain must exceed the configured readiness threshold or be explicitly waived by an authorised reviewer.
readiness_orchestrator · Domain scores above threshold · 90% confidence
Pass against RD004 (readiness).
Aggregated verdict across domain checks; any blocking failure triggers a not-ready outcome.
readiness_orchestrator · Overall readiness verdict · 91% confidence
Export 479 MW, installed 495 MW.
Capacity table parsed; values cross-referenced.
project_facts_extractor · Export and installed capacity extracted · 95% confidence
Pass against GC001 (grid_consultation).
Project must confirm whether TSO/NESO consultation is required based on capacity, voltage, transmission impact, and embedded generation rules.
export_compliance_agent · TSO consultation requirement checked · 83% confidence
Pass against GC002 (grid_consultation).
Project must evidence DNO pre-application engagement, budget estimate, feasibility study, or connection application path.
export_compliance_agent · DNO pre-application engagement completed · 83% confidence
Pass against GC003 (grid_consultation).
Project must declare whether connection offer is requested, received, accepted, expired, modified, or awaiting queue reform impact.
export_compliance_agent · Connection offer status declared · 83% confidence
Pass against GC004 (grid_consultation).
Where applicable, project must state Statement of Works or transmission impact assessment status and any dependencies.
export_compliance_agent · Statement of Works status declared · 84% confidence
Pass against GC005 (grid_consultation).
Project must identify outage requirements, network access windows, commissioning constraints, and operator coordination status.
export_compliance_agent · Outage window coordination evidenced · 84% confidence
Pass against IN001 (insurance).
Insurance policy must explicitly cover declared export/import capacity for the project term.
insurance_agent · Insurance capacity cover in force · 97% confidence
Pass against IN002 (insurance).
Insurance must include third-party and consequential liability for upstream/downstream system impacts.
insurance_agent · Insurance covers upstream/downstream consequences · 97% confidence
Pass against IN003 (insurance).
Project must evidence construction all-risks cover for civil, electrical, storage, and grid connection works.
insurance_agent · Construction all-risks policy active · 98% confidence
Pass against IN004 (insurance).
Planning, engineering, environmental, grid, and legal advisers must carry professional indemnity cover appropriate to project scale.
insurance_agent · Professional indemnity cover for key consultants · 98% confidence
Document Bundles
Section Summaries
Novato Hybrid Scheme (TAC-2026-0003). 0 documents in the current submission.
Documents span 0 categories: .
Land control evidence consistent across documents.
Planning consent in date with conditions noted.
Technical pack reviewed — SLD, protection and connection point present.
Declared export capacity 479 MW within scheme limits.
Deliverability evidence light — transformer procurement noted.
Finance commitment evidenced via EPC LoI.
Insurance certificate in force.
Recommended decision: READY.
Deficiencies & Risks
Deliverability bundle has no programme document attached.
Risk identified against IN005 (insurance).
Risk identified against IN006 (insurance).
Risk identified against FI002 (financing).
Risk identified against FI003 (financing).
Risk identified against PR003 (procurement).
Risk identified against PR005 (procurement).
Risk identified against PR006 (procurement).
Risk identified against CO001 (construction).
Risk identified against CO002 (construction).
Risk identified against CO003 (construction).
Risk identified against CO004 (construction).
Risk identified against CO005 (construction).
Risk identified against CO006 (construction).
Risk identified against CO007 (construction).
Risk identified against LC002 (legal_compliance).
Risk identified against LC003 (legal_compliance).
Risk identified against LC004 (legal_compliance).
Risk identified against LC005 (legal_compliance).
Risk identified against RD003 (readiness).
Risk identified against LE002 (land_environment).
Risk identified against LE003 (land_environment).
Risk identified against LE004 (land_environment).
Risk identified against LE005 (land_environment).
Risk identified against PL002 (planning).
Risk identified against PL003 (planning).
Risk identified against PL005 (planning).
Risk identified against PL006 (planning).
Risk identified against PL007 (planning).
Risk identified against CN001 (connection).
Risk identified against CN003 (connection).
Risk identified against CN006 (connection).
Risk identified against CN007 (connection).
Risk identified against CN008 (connection).
Risk identified against GC001 (grid_consultation).
Risk identified against GC002 (grid_consultation).
Risk identified against GC003 (grid_consultation).
Risk identified against GC004 (grid_consultation).
Risk identified against GC005 (grid_consultation).