Angus and Perthshire Glens
Angus and Perthshire Glens was paid £3.4m last year to switch off its wind farms, because the wires south were full. That would cover every local household's electricity for 41 days. A further 143 MW of approved clean power (all solar) is still waiting to be built here: enough to supply a year's electricity to 52,000 homes. A 900 MW battery approved at Haughend Farm - Alyth Battery Energy Storage System in 2024 would store power that is currently wasted; it has not been built.
Ranks 37 of 650 for clean power approved and not built; 10 of 19 among seats with visible switch-off payments.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haughend Farm - Alyth Battery Energy Storage SystemEcoDev Group Limited | Battery | 900 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00004631 |
| Stracathro - Battery Energy Storage SystemOpdenergy UK 8 Limited | Battery | 249 MW | Still in the grid queue review — no firm connection date yetWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) · earliest connection 2032 · planning ref ECU00004807 |
| Meall Dearg Wind Farm - Wind FarmEnergiekontor (UK) Limited | Onshore wind | 147 MW129,000 homes | Cannot connect to the grid until 2037Who can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SSEN Transmission · earliest connection 2037 · planning ref ECU00006049 |
| Balnuith Farm, Tealing - Battery StorageApatura | Battery | 100 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00004887 |
| Hallyburton - Battery StorageBalance Power Projects Limited | Battery | 100 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00004931 |
| Stirling Battery and Solar Energy ParkEcoDev Group Limited | Solar | 60 MW22,000 homes | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00005014 |
| Stirling Battery and Solar Energy ParkEcoDev Group Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00005014 |
| Balwyllo Farm, Dun - Energy Storage FacilityWhirlwind Energy Storage Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/00754/FULM |
| West Pitnacree Farm, Alyth - Solar PanelsGreentech | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Waiting 14 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Perth and Kinross Council · planning ref 25/00663/FLM |
| Tir Artair - Battery Energy Storage FacilityOpdenergy | Battery | 50 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 25/00168/FLM |
| Templeton Farm, Templeton - Battery StorageFig Power | Battery | 50 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/00095/FULM |
| Whitehills Energy Storage FacilityGigabox Developments Limited / Whirlwind Renewables | Battery | 50 MW | Under constructionWho can move it: the developer · earliest connection 2027 (in construction) · planning ref 21/00534/FULM |
Plus 26 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angus and Perthshire Glens | 143 MW | 345 MW | £3.4m |
| Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | 96 MW | 30 MW | not visible |
| Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber | 384 MW | 460 MW | £1.7m |
| Stirling and Strathallan | 52 MW | 193 MW | not visible |
| Perth and Kinross-shire | 43 MW | 44 MW | not visible |
| Dundee Central | 52 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber next door has 384 MW waiting, more than Angus and Perthshire Glens's 143 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.