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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Inch Cape Offshore Wind Farm Platform 1

INCH CAPE OFFSHORE LIMITED at Cockenzie 400/275kV

Connection date
21 Feb 2026
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Under Construction/Commissioning
Technology
Offshore wind
Total capacity
540 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
540 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-000348
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Change history

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

  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Status changed from Consents Approved to Under Construction/Commissioning
  • 14 Aug 2026 register
    Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 28 Feb 2025 register
    Connection date moved from 21 Jun 2026 to 21 Feb 2026 (−4 months)
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Connection point changed from Cockenzie 400/275/33kV to Cockenzie 400/275kV
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2025 to 21 Jun 2026 (+15 months)
  • 27 Sep 2024 register
    Connection point changed from Cockenzie 275kV Substation to Cockenzie 400/275/33kV
  • 30 Jun 2023 register
    Connection point changed from Inch Cape Platform 1 220/66kV Offshore Substation to Cockenzie 275kV Substation
  • 29 Apr 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2024 to 1 Apr 2025 (+12 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 4 Jan 2024 to 1 Apr 2024 (+3 months)

Also at Cockenzie 400/275kV

Substation view

2 other projects, 1.3 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