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OFFSHORE WIND · SPTMachair Offshore Wind Farm
Machair Offshore Wind Farm is a 2.0 GW offshore wind project in planning, connecting to the SP Transmission (south Scotland) network at Machair 275/66kV Offshore Substation, with capacity due from September 2033. The connection agreement is held by Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited.
Project stageIn planning
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Sep 2033 (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-001392
- Customer
- Scottish Power Renewables (UK) Limited
- Technology
- Wind Offshore
- Total capacity
- 2.0 GW
- Change in this agreement
- +2.0 GW
- Capacity effective from
- 16 September 2033
- Connection site
- Machair 275/66kV Offshore Substation
- Transmission owner
- SP Transmission (south Scotland)
- Connection type
- Direct connection to the transmission network
- NESO project status
- Scoping
Connection site
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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