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INTERCONNECTOR · NGETTeeside MPI
Teeside MPI is a 1.8 GW interconnector project in planning, connecting to the National Grid (England & Wales) network at Wearside Connection Node B 400kV Substation, with capacity due from October 2035. The connection agreement is held by National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited.
- Planning (current stage)
- Consented (not yet reached)
- Construction (not yet reached)
- OperatingFrom Oct 2035 (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-003462
- Customer
- National Grid Interconnector Holdings Limited
- Technology
- Interconnector
- Export capacity
- 1.8 GW
- Import capacity
- 1.8 GW
- Change in this agreement
- +1.8 GW
- Capacity effective from
- 30 October 2035
- Connection site
- Wearside Connection Node B 400kV Substation
- Transmission owner
- National Grid (England & Wales)
- Connection type
- Interconnector
- NESO project status
- Scoping
- Connections reform gate
- Gate 1
Connection site
This project connects at a new substation (a “connection node”) that has not been built or located yet.
Projects connecting near Wearside Connection Node B · Grid map
Other projects at Wearside Connection Node B 400kV Substation
- NatPower Hawthorn Pit Green Energy ParkBattery storage · 1.0 GW · Scoping
- Zenobe Hawthorn Pit BESSBattery storage · 300 MW · Scoping
- Lightsource Hawthorne PitSolar + storage · 240 MW · Scoping
- Hawthorn BESSBattery storage · 200 MW · Awaiting Consents
- Noventum Hawthorn PitSolar + storage · 57 MW · Scoping
Source: NESO interconnector register, downloaded 8 November 2026. Contains data from NESO, licensed under the NESO Open Data Licence. Report a problem