CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Aberdeen South
Aberdeen South has 4.2 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 1,500 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £5.1m across the constituency's 55,629 homes.
Ranks 272 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigifa Cove Road - Battery StorageTrina Solar | Battery | 50 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 231336/DPP |
| Newton Of Pitfodels - Battery StorageFlexion Energy Uk Storage | Battery | 40 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 240614/DPP |
| A981 Fraserburgh - Battery Energy StorageFraserburgh Energy Limited | Battery | 25 MW | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref APP/2021/2855 |
| Craigshaw Drive - Battery Storage Facility & Electric Vehicle Charging HubCraigshaw Drive Ev Limited | Battery | 20 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 240313/DPP |
Plus 3 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen South | 4.2 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Aberdeen North | 0.2 MW | 0.3 MW | not visible |
| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine | 211 MW | 219 MW | not visible |
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine next door has 211 MW waiting, more than Aberdeen South's 4.2 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
- 2 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.