Where the pipeline sits
Each bar splits a technology's capacity into operating, under construction, consented and still in planning. The consented block is capacity with permission that nobody has started building.
Who holds the pipeline
Capacity by developer or operator, split by stage. Click a company to see only its projects.
Where it sits
Capacity by county, split by stage. Click a county to see only its projects.
How old is the consented backlog?
Capacity by years since planning permission. Ordinary planning permission usually lapses after three years if work hasn't started; projects consented by other routes have different limits.
How long it takes, application to power
Median time from planning application to operation, by technology. The whisker shows the middle half of projects.
The application boom, by technology
Capacity entering the planning system each year for the current selection, whatever happened to it later.
Is there enough in the queue to hit the 2030 targets?
What's operating nationally, plus the reformed grid queue's capacity connecting by 2030, against the government's 2030 range. The thin hatched line under each bar shows capacity already consented in planning but not yet started. This assumes every queued project is built.
From promise to power
The next step joins each Gate 2 project to its planning record on this map, so every dot shows both its planning status and its grid position.
Data centres want more power than Britain uses at peak
Contracted demand applications by June 2025, up from 41 GW in November 2024
Of that increase is from data centres
GB peak electricity demand, 11 February 2026
Ofgem has proposed a refundable commitment fee of £237,500 to £712,500 per MW for data centres of 40 MW or more. The consultation closed on 16 September 2026.