What each figure includes
Great Britain
381.4 GW waiting · 8.3 × peak demand of 45.9 GW as of January 2026
- Demand on the transmission grid98.5 GW
- Batteries83.2 GW
- Offshore wind69.9 GW
- Solar59 GW
- Onshore wind17.9 GW
- Interconnectors13.2 GW
- Low-carbon dispatchable13 GW
- Long-duration storage9.1 GW
- Nuclear6.7 GW
- Gas without capture6 GW
- Other (incl. tidal, hydro)4.9 GW
NESO’s reformed queue after Gate 2: projects expected to receive Gate 2 offers, 143.4 GW needed by 2030 and 238.0 GW by 2035, on the transmission and distribution grids. Not included: 554.8 GW moved to Gate 1. Peak demand is GB national demand on 9 January 2025.
Source: neso.energy · Peak demand: neso.energy
Spain
168.2 GW waiting · 4.2 × peak demand of 39.7 GW as of 30 September 2026
- Generation and storage with permits, not yet built87.1 GW
- Generation and storage, requests in process47.1 GW
- Demand, requests in process23 GW
- Demand with permits, not yet connected11.1 GW
Red Eléctrica’s access register: generation and storage with permits but not yet built (87.1 GW) or with requests in process (47.1 GW), and demand with permits (11.1 GW) or in process (23.0 GW), of which 22.1 GW are data centres. Smaller projects handled only by distribution operators are not included.
Source: ree.es · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Netherlands
76 GW waiting · 3.9 × peak demand of 19.6 GW as of 30 June 2026
- TenneT, offtake34.2 GW
- TenneT, infeed26.1 GW
- Regional DSOs, offtake10 GW
- Regional DSOs, infeed5.7 GW
Waiting lists for transport capacity in Netbeheer Nederland’s half-year report (June 2026): requests that could not be granted because of congestion. TenneT 60.3 GW, regional operators 15.7 GW. A battery can be on both the offtake and the infeed list, so the total overstates unique projects.
Source: netbeheernederland.nl · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Denmark
60 GW waiting · 9.5 × peak demand of 6.3 GW as of June 2026
Energinet: applications and inquiries for new consumption over the last two years, just under 60 GW, mostly data centres, batteries and Power-to-X. Inquiries are included, so this is a soft figure; 11 GW have signed connection agreements. Generation requests are not included.
Source: energinet.dk · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Italy
595.2 GW waiting · 12.0 × peak demand of 49.6 GW as of 30 September 2026
- Standalone storage253.6 GW
- Solar139.7 GW
- Onshore wind104 GW
- Offshore wind63.6 GW
- Storage next to renewables24.8 GW
- Pumped hydro7.2 GW
- Other renewables2.3 GW
Terna’s Econnextion register: active requests to connect to the high-voltage grid, 309.6 GW of renewables and 285.6 GW of storage. Many are speculative or filed for several sites; Italy’s whole power fleet is about 101 GW. No demand requests are included.
Source: terna.it · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Poland
261.8 GW waiting · 10.1 × peak demand of 26 GW as of 31 August 2026
- Hybrid plants83.4 GW
- Storage63.7 GW
- Consumers40.1 GW
- Solar35 GW
- Other generation30.7 GW
- Wind8.9 GW
PSE’s aggregated connection information for networks above 1 kV: requests under verification, connection conditions issued and agreements in force, 221.7 GW of generation and storage and 40.1 GW of consumers. Storage is counted once.
Source: pse.pl · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
France
53.6 GW waiting · 0.6 × peak demand of 86.6 GW as of 31 December 2024
- Solar30.9 GW
- Onshore wind13.2 GW
- Offshore wind9.3 GW
- Other renewables0.2 GW
Renewable projects in the connection queue at 31 December 2024 (ODRE): 28.7 GW on RTE’s grid and 24.9 GW on distribution grids. Renewables only. The S3REnR queues on Caparéseau held 37.9 GW in October 2026.
Source: odre.opendatasoft.com · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Portugal
18.1 GW waiting · 1.9 × peak demand of 9.4 GW as of 30 June 2026
- Transmission, assigned by agreement, not connected11.7 GW
- Distribution, committed2.8 GW
- Transmission, assigned otherwise, not connected2.4 GW
- Distribution, in confirmation1 GW
- Distribution, by agreement0.3 GW
Injection capacity assigned but not yet connected in DGEG’s capacity tables (June 2026): 14.1 GVA on the transmission grid and 4.1 GVA on the distribution grid, in MVA rather than MW. New requests for merchant generation have been suspended since 2020.
Source: dgeg.gov.pt · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Ireland
14.7 GW waiting · 2.5 × peak demand of 5.9 GW as of 5 August 2026
- Contracted with EirGrid, not wind12.6 GW
- Contracted with EirGrid, wind2.1 GW
EirGrid’s contracted generators not yet connected (5 August 2026): 12.6 GW other than wind, mostly solar, batteries and hybrids, and 2.1 GW of wind. Projects contracted with ESB Networks and demand are not included.
Source: eirgrid.ie · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Norway
26 GW waiting · 1.1 × peak demand of 23.4 GW as of 15 October 2026
Statnett: requests to connect 26 GW of new consumption received so far in 2026. This is the inflow this year, not the whole queue.
Source: statnett.no · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Germany
No national figure published
No national figure. The transmission operators’ scenario framework (July 2026) shows connection requests for large consumers and batteries only as charts, and generation queues are not published nationally.
Source: netzentwicklungsplan.de · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Belgium
No national figure published
No current national figure is published. Elia’s capacity map gives the room left per substation, not a queue.
No source with a current figure. · Peak demand: eepublicdownloads.blob.core.windows.net
Questions
Why is the queue bigger than peak demand?
Because a queue counts applications, not power stations. Developers apply for scarce grid capacity in several places at once, speculative projects hold places, and many will never be built. Several countries are now reforming their queues to remove projects that are not ready.
What counts as being in the queue?
Projects that have applied for a connection and are still waiting for an offer, an agreement or the connection itself. Depending on the country this covers generation, storage and large consumers such as data centres. Each figure below says what it includes and links to its source.
Why are Germany and Belgium missing?
Germany: No national figure. The transmission operators’ scenario framework (July 2026) shows connection requests for large consumers and batteries only as charts, and generation queues are not published nationally. Belgium: No current national figure is published. Elia’s capacity map gives the room left per substation, not a queue.
What is the peak demand figure?
The country’s highest hourly electricity demand in 2025, mostly from ENTSO-E’s statistical factsheet; Great Britain uses NESO’s national demand. It shows the size of each grid, so queues of different countries can be compared.