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Where the transmission queue stands

Capacity waiting to connect in the 1 Oct 2026 register, counted at the stage and date it is due. Built capacity is excluded.

596.8 GWwaiting to connect
15 GWof that with Gate 2 offers
1,701projects waiting
12.3 GWpast its connection date, 91 projects

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.

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