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Transmission / Projects / North Scotland

Bowdun (ex Cluaran Deas Ear) Offshore Wind Farm

BOWDUN OFFSHORE WIND FARM LIMITED at Hurlie 400kV substation

Connection date
31 Dec 2035
Gate
Not stated
Status
Awaiting Consents
Technology
Offshore wind
Total capacity
1,008 MW
Connected now
0 MW
Still to connect
1,008 MW
Transmission owner
SSEN Transmission (SHET)
Agreement type
Direct Connection
Region
North Scotland
Project number
PRO-002091
In the register since
September 2022

Change history

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

  • 18 Sep 2026 register
    Status changed from Scoping to Awaiting Consents
  • 29 Jul 2025 register
    Connection point changed from New Deer 2 400kV Substation to Hurlie 400kV substation
  • 28 Feb 2025 register
    Connection date moved from 31 Oct 2033 to 31 Dec 2035 (+26 months)
  • 28 Apr 2023 register
    Customer changed from THISTLE WIND PARTNERS CLUARAN DEAS EAR Limited to BOWDUN OFFSHORE WIND FARM LIMITED
  • 31 Mar 2023 register
    Renamed from Cluaran Deas Ear Offshore Wind Farm
  • 30 Sep 2022 register
    Added to the register

Also at Hurlie 400kV substation

Substation view

2 other projects, 3.4 GW still to connect at this substation in total. 2.4 GW is due to connect here before this project’s connection date of 31 Dec 2035.

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