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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

MeyGen Tidal

Meygrid Limited at Gills Bay GSP

Connection date
1 Apr 2027
Gate
Not stated
Status
Consents Approved
Technology
Storage + Tidal
Total capacity
287 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
287 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-000336
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
1028281 Apr 2027Not statedConsents Approved
202092371 Apr 2028Not statedConsents Approved
305028731 Oct 2030Not statedScoping

Change history

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

  • 30 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 43 MW to 209 MW
  • 30 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 3: Capacity changed from 83 MW to 50 MW
  • 30 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 3: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2028 to 31 Oct 2030 (+31 months)
  • 30 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 3: Status changed from Awaiting Consents to Scoping
  • 30 Oct 2026 register
    Stage removed (83 MW from 1 Apr 2028)
  • 30 Oct 2026 register
    Stage removed (50 MW from 31 Oct 2030)
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Customer changed from MEYGEN PLC to Meygrid Limited
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 1: Technology changed from Tidal to Storage, Tidal
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 2: Technology changed from Tidal to Storage, Tidal
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 3: Technology changed from Tidal to Storage, Tidal
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 4: Technology changed from Tidal to Storage, Tidal
  • 27 Jun 2025 register
    Stage 5: Technology changed from Tidal to Storage, Tidal
  • 26 Mar 2024 register
    Stage 1: Capacity changed from 15 MW to 28 MW
  • 26 Mar 2024 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 56 MW to 43 MW
  • 26 Mar 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2027 to 1 Apr 2028 (+12 months)
  • 26 Mar 2024 register
    Stage 3: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2027 to 1 Apr 2028 (+12 months)
  • 26 Mar 2024 register
    Stage 4: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2027 to 1 Apr 2028 (+12 months)
  • 26 Mar 2024 register
    New stage added (50 MW from 31 Oct 2030)
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Mar 2026 to 1 Apr 2027 (+12 months)
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 Mar 2026 to 1 Apr 2027 (+12 months)
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Stage 3: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2026 to 1 Apr 2027 (+12 months)
  • 31 Dec 2021 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (+12 months)
  • 31 Dec 2021 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2025 to 31 Mar 2026 (+12 months)
  • 30 Nov 2021 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Gills Bay to Gills Bay GSP)
  • 29 Oct 2021 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2024 to 1 Apr 2025 (+5 months)
  • 29 Oct 2021 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2024 to 1 Apr 2025 (+5 months)
  • 29 Oct 2021 register
    Stage 3: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2025 to 1 Apr 2026 (+5 months)
  • 29 Oct 2021 register
    Stage 4: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2026 to 1 Apr 2027 (+5 months)

Also at Gills Bay GSP

Substation view

No other projects in the register at this connection point.

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