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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Sofia Offshore Wind Farm

SOFIA OFFSHORE WIND FARM LIMITED at Lackenby 400kV Substation

Connection date
Connected
Gate
Not stated
Status
Built
Technology
Offshore wind
Total capacity
1,320 MW
Connected now
1,320 MW
Still to connect
0 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-000404
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.

  • 7 Jul 2026 register
    1,320 MW now connected
  • 7 Jul 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Built
  • 23 Dec 2025 register
    Connection point changed from Dogger Bank 220kV Offshores to Lackenby 400kV Substation
  • 29 Aug 2025 register
    Stage removed (0 MW)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 1: Capacity changed from 132 MW to 0 MW
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Stage 1: Connection date removed (was 1 Sep 2024)
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (1,188 MW from 1 Apr 2025) to 1 stage (1,320 MW from 30 Jan 2026). First connection date +10 months
  • 30 Aug 2022 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (1,320 MW from 1 Apr 2024) to 2 stages (132 MW from 1 Sep 2024, 1,188 MW from 1 Apr 2025). First connection date +5 months
  • 31 May 2022 register
    Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2023 to 1 Apr 2024 (+12 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 4 Jan 2023 to 1 Apr 2023 (+3 months)

Also at Lackenby 400kV Substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 1.8 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