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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Norfolk Boreas

NORFOLK BOREAS LIMITED at Necton 400kV Substation

Connection date
1 Oct 2029
Gate
Not stated
Status
Awaiting Consents
Planning consent
Granted 10 Dec 2021
The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010087 · Source: REPD
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 4
Technology
Offshore wind
Total capacity
1,320 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
1,320 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-000399
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
104004001 Oct 2029Not statedAwaiting Consents
209201,32031 Dec 2030Not statedScoping

Change history

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

  • 26 Nov 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 Mar 2030 to 31 Dec 2030 (+9 months)
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (1,320 MW from 1 Aug 2026) to 2 stages (400 MW from 1 Oct 2029, 920 MW from 31 Mar 2030). First connection date +38 months
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Norfolk Boreas Offshore Substation to Necton 400kV Substation
  • 30 Jun 2022 register
    Renamed from Boreas
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Capacity changed from 1,200 MW to 1,320 MW
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2027 to 1 Aug 2026 (−8 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 4 Jan 2027 to 1 Apr 2027 (+3 months)

Also at Necton 400kV Substation

Substation view

6 other projects, 5.2 GW still to connect at this substation in total. 2.6 GW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 1 Oct 2029.

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 or stage for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition, with the planning authority and its reference. QueueWatch matched the project to that record. NESO’s status can lag behind planning decisions, so the two may differ.

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Contract for Difference

The Contracts for Difference allocation round for this project, from DESNZ’s Renewable Energy Planning Database (REPD), July 2026 edition. QueueWatch matched the project to that record.

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