CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Aberdeen North
Aberdeen North has no significant clean power approved and waiting to be built, and none running. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.9m across the constituency's 53,821 homes. A 50 MW battery was refused planning here in 2025; while discharging it could have supplied about 175,000 homes.
Ranks 546 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Bodachra - Solar PanelsNovus Renewables Services Limited | Solar | 72 MW26,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00004848 |
| Persley BESS - Battery StorageAnesco | Battery | 70 MW | Cleared the grid queue review, so it now has a firm connection dateWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) · earliest connection 2027 · planning ref ECU00005113 |
| Aryburn Farm, Dyce - Battery StorageSource Galileo Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Refused by Aberdeen City Council in 2025Who can move it: Aberdeen City Council · planning ref 241197/DPP |
| Persley Croft - Battery StorageRE Projects Development | Battery | 50 MW | Cleared the grid queue review, so it now has a firm connection dateWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) · earliest connection 2026 · planning ref 231134/DPP |
| Lower Bodachra - Energy Storage SystemNovus Renewables Services Limited | Battery | 45 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00004848 |
| Farburn Place - Battery Energy Storage FacilityPeak Reserve Power Limited / Centrica / Cragside | Battery | 30 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 210665/DPP |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | 0.2 MW | 0.3 MW | not visible |
| Aberdeen South | 4.2 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 211 MW | 219 MW | not visible |
| Gordon and Buchan | 107 MW | 187 MW | £120k |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine next door has 211 MW waiting, more than Aberdeen North's 0.2 MW.
The rest of the briefing
- Every approval each project still needs, and which of them the public can see
- What building them would mean here — community payments, business rates and construction work
- Drafted parliamentary questions and letters, filled in with this seat's figures
- 3 story angles for local reporting
- A two-page PDF, and a newsroom edition with the references and who to call
Everything above needs no account, and neither does the full seat page, the method or this constituency's raw data. The account covers the packaged briefing and its PDF, and nothing else.