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OFFSHORE WIND · NGETHornsea Power Station 4
Hornsea Power Station 4 is a 2.6 GW offshore wind project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Creyke Beck 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2029. The connection agreement is held by Orsted Hornsea Project Four Limited.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 2029 (not yet reached)
- Closed (not yet reached)
Scoping and awaiting consents are both shown as planning. A connection agreement does not mean the project will be built: many queue projects never reach construction.
Connection details
- NESO project number
- PRO-000435-2
- Customer
- Orsted Hornsea Project Four Limited
- Technology
- Wind Offshore
- Total capacity
- 2.6 GW
- Change in this agreement
- +1.1 GW
- Capacity effective from
- 31 October 2029
- Connection site
- Creyke Beck 400kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- National Grid (England & Wales)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
Connection site
The marker shows the connection substation, not the project itself, with the transmission network around it.
Other projects at Creyke Beck 400kV Substation
- Bute Hydrogen Project 2Gas · 3.6 GW · Scoping
- Hornsea Power Station 4Offshore wind · 1.5 GW · Scoping
- Flinton RoadSolar + storage · 600 MW · Scoping
- Creyke BeckSolar + storage · 500 MW · Scoping
- Creyke Beck PV & BESS SubSolar + storage · 250 MW · Scoping
- Creyke Beck Battery 2Battery storage · 29 MW · Consents Approved
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