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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Eggborough CCGT - OCGT - BESS

EGGBOROUGH POWER LIMITED at Eggborough 400kV Substation

Connection date
1 Oct 2026
Gate
Not stated
Status
Awaiting Consents
Planning consent
Granted 20 Sep 2018
Eggborough CCGT (EN010081) · Source: Planning Inspectorate
Technology
Gas (CCGT) + Storage + Gas (OCGT)
Total capacity
2,450 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
2,450 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-000136
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
101,9991,9991 Oct 2026Not statedAwaiting Consents
204512,4501 Oct 2027Not statedAwaiting Consents

Change history

Every change to this project across 151 registers from 29 Jan 2021 to 5 Nov 2026.

  • 30 May 2025 register
    Renamed from Eggborough CCGT OCGT and BESS
  • 29 Apr 2025 register
    Renamed from Eggborough CCGT and BESS
  • 24 Dec 2024 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (2,450 MW from 1 Oct 2026) to 2 stages (1,999 MW from 1 Oct 2026, 451 MW from 1 Oct 2027)
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Renamed from Eggborough
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Eggborough 400kV to Eggborough 400kV Substation)
  • 30 Sep 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Oct 2025 to 1 Oct 2026 (+12 months)
  • 30 Apr 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Oct 2024 to 1 Oct 2025 (+12 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 10 Jan 2024 to 1 Oct 2024 (+9 months)

Also at Eggborough 400kV Substation

Substation view

1 other project, 3 GW still to connect at this substation in total.

Status definitions (NESO)

Scoping: NESO is not aware that a planning application has been made.

Awaiting Consents: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that a planning application has been made.

Consents Approved: NESO is aware, or the customer has told it, that the planning application has been approved.

Terminated: used by NESO only in its register of 30 April 2021, for two projects that left the register the next month.

These statuses are NESO’s, not QueueWatch’s, and NESO describes them as “as far as we are aware”, so a project may be further along than its status shows.

Source: NESO

Planning consent

The planning decision for this project, from the Planning Inspectorate. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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