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Transmission / Projects / South Scotland

Machair Offshore Wind Farm

Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited at Machair 275/66kV Offshore Substation

Connection date
16 Sep 2033
Gate
Not stated
Status
Scoping
Planning consent
Application submitted 25 Jun 2026
Marine Scotland · Source: REPD
Technology
Offshore wind
Total capacity
2,000 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
2,000 MW
Transmission owner
SP Energy Networks (SPT)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
South Scotland
Project number
PRO-001392
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.

  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Renamed from OWF1 Offshore
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Connection point changed from OWF1 275/66kV Offshore Substation to Machair 275/66kV Offshore Substation
  • 29 Oct 2024 register
    Connection date moved from 30 Apr 2028 to 16 Sep 2033 (+65 months)
  • 26 Feb 2021 register
    Connection point changed from Hunterston 400kV Substation to OWF1 275/66kV Offshore Substation

Also at Machair 275/66kV Offshore Substation

Substation view

No other projects in the register at this connection point.

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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