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Transmission / Projects / England and Wales

Vanguard East

Norfolk Vanguard East Ltd at Necton 400kV Substation

Connection date
1 Apr 2028
Gate
Gate 2
Status
Consents Approved
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-000580
In the register since
January 2021 or earlier

Stages

StageConnected MWAdds MWCumulative MWDateGateStatus
104004001 Apr 2028Gate 2Consents Approved
209201,32031 Dec 2028Gate 2Consents Approved

Change history

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

  • 22 Oct 2026 register
    Connection point changed from Vanguard East 275/66kV Offshore Substation to Necton 400kV Substation
  • 22 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 22 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 22 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Status changed from Scoping to Consents Approved
  • 22 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Connection point changed from Necton 400kV Substation to Vanguard East 275/66kV Offshore Substation
  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 31 Dec 2027 to 1 Apr 2028 (+3 months)
  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Gate marking removed (was Gate 2)
  • 20 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Gate marking removed (was Gate 2)
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Connection point changed from Vanguard East 275/66kV Offshore Substation to Necton 400kV Substation
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 1 Apr 2028 to 31 Dec 2027 (−3 months)
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 1: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 16 Oct 2026 register
    Stage 2: Given a Gate 2 connection offer
  • 30 Sep 2025 register
    Connection point changed from Necton 400kV Substation to Vanguard East 275/66kV Offshore Substation
  • 26 Nov 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 20 Mar 2028 to 1 Apr 2028 (12 days later)
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Stage 1: Capacity changed from 960 MW to 400 MW
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Stage 1: Connection date moved from 1 Mar 2027 to 20 Mar 2028 (+13 months)
  • 30 Jan 2024 register
    Stage 2: Capacity changed from 360 MW to 920 MW
  • 23 Dec 2022 register
    Connection point changed from Vanguard East Offshore Substation to Necton 400kV Substation
  • 30 Mar 2022 register
    Restructured from 1 stage (1,200 MW from 1 Apr 2025) to 2 stages (960 MW from 1 Mar 2027, 360 MW from 31 Dec 2028). First connection date +23 months
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection date moved from 4 Jan 2025 to 1 Apr 2025 (+3 months)

Also at Necton 400kV Substation

Substation view

6 other projects, 5.2 GW still to connect at this substation in total. 400 MW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 1 Apr 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