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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Hornsea Power Station 4

ORSTED HORNSEA PROJECT FOUR LIMITED at Creyke Beck 400kV Substation

Connection date
30 Oct 2028
Gate
Not stated
Status
Scoping
Planning consent
Granted 12 Jul 2023
The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure, reference EN010098 · Source: REPD
Contract for Difference
Allocation Round 6
Technology
Offshore wind
Total capacity
2,600 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
2,600 MW
Transmission owner
National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
England and Wales
Project number
PRO-000435
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
101,5001,50030 Oct 2028Not statedScoping
201,1002,60031 Oct 2029Not statedScoping

Change history

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

  • 24 Dec 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2028 to 30 Oct 2028 (1 day earlier)
  • 26 Nov 2024 register
    Connection point changed from Hornsea Offshore Platform 4 Substation to Creyke Beck 400kV Substation
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2027 to 31 Oct 2028 (+19 months)
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Stage 2: Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2028 to 31 Oct 2029 (+12 months)
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Substation name updated in the register (from Hornsea Offshore Platform 4 to Hornsea Offshore Platform 4 Substation)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 4 Jan 2027 to 1 Apr 2027 (+3 months)

Also at Creyke Beck 400kV Substation

Substation view

5 other projects, 7.6 GW still to connect at this substation in total. 28.5 MW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 30 Oct 2028.

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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