Arbroath and Broughty Ferry
Arbroath and Broughty Ferry has 96 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 35,000 homes. When the wires are too full to carry the power, Britain pays wind farms to switch off instead. No wind farm here is paid that way — almost all of it goes to wind farms in Scotland. That cost is shared across every bill in Britain, so households here pay for it too: about £92 a year per household, £4.2m across the constituency's 45,808 homes. A 50 MW battery was refused planning here in 2025; while discharging it could have supplied about 175,000 homes.
Ranks 70 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tealing Solar Energy Park - Phase 2Sirius EcoDev Limited | Solar | 110 MW40,000 homes | Cannot connect to the grid until 2027, 2 years after it was approvedWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SSEN Transmission · earliest connection 2027 · planning ref ECU00004882 |
| Tealing Battery Energy Storage FarmSirius EcoDev Limited | Battery | 80 MW | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00003354 |
| Bankhead, Arbirlot - Battery Energy StorageEcocel Energy Storage Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/00178/FULM |
| Pitkerro Road - Battery Energy StorageVital Energi Utilities Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Refused by Dundee City Council in 2025Who can move it: Dundee City Council · planning ref 24/00813/FULM |
| Bonnyknox Solar FarmRenewable Energy Systems (RES) | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Waiting 13 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Angus Council · planning ref 25/00339/FULM |
| Bindwells Battery Storage FacilityOPDE UK Limted | Battery | 50 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 25/00249/FULM |
| Montreathmont Moor Forest - Solar Farm & Battery StorageRenewable Connections Developments Limited | Solar | 42 MW15,000 homes | Cannot connect to the grid until 2029, 7 years after it was approvedWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SSEN Transmission · earliest connection 2029 · planning ref 22/00460/FULM |
| Hillend Of Lownie - Forfar Solar farmIndustria Resources Llp | Solar | 30 MW11,000 homes | Refused by Angus Council in 2024Who can move it: Angus Council · planning ref 23/00393/FULM |
| Wellbank - Solar FarmGreentech | Solar | 25 MW9,100 homes | Its grid connection date of 2024 has passed and it is still not generatingWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SSEN Transmission · earliest connection 2024 · planning ref 23/00424/FULM |
| Denfield FarmSeahills Properties Limited | Battery | 20 MW | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/00285/FULL |
| Parkhill Farm, Letham Grange - Solar FarmAlphaReal | Solar | 18 MW6,500 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/00272/FULL |
| Denfield - Solar FarmPeter J Stirling Limited | Solar | 12 MW4,500 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/00589/FULL |
Plus 3 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arbroath and Broughty Ferry | 96 MW | 30 MW | not visible |
| Dundee Central | 52 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Angus and Perthshire Glens | 143 MW | 345 MW | £3.4m |
Angus and Perthshire Glens next door has 143 MW waiting, more than Arbroath and Broughty Ferry's 96 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.