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OFFSHORE WIND · NGETHornsea Power Station 3
Hornsea Power Station 3 is a 2.3 GW offshore wind project consented, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Norwich Main 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2026. The connection agreement is held by Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited.
Project stageConsented
- Planning (completed)
- Consented (current stage)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 2026 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Connection details
- NESO project number
- PRO-000434-1
- Customer
- Hornsea Project Three (UK) Limited
- Technology
- Energy Storage System, Wind Offshore
- Total capacity
- 2.3 GW
- Change in this agreement
- +2.3 GW
- Capacity effective from
- 1 October 2026
- Connection site
- Norwich Main 400kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- National Grid (England & Wales)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Consents Approved
Connection site
The marker shows the connection substation, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.
Other projects at Norwich Main 400kV Substation
- Hornsea Power Station 3Offshore wind · 3.0 GW · Consents Approved
- Scira-Dudgeon ExtensionOffshore wind · 1.4 GW · Scoping
- Scira-Dudgeon ExtensionOffshore wind · 950 MW · Scoping
- Scira-Dudgeon ExtensionOffshore wind · 719 MW · Scoping
- NorwichSolar + storage · 57 MW · Consents Approved
- Norwich 2Solar · 28 MW · Scoping
Source: NESO Transmission Entry Capacity (TEC) register, downloaded 8 November 2026. Contains data from NESO, licensed under the NESO Open Data Licence. Report a problem