East Kilbride and Strathaven
East Kilbride and Strathaven was paid £3.1m last year to switch off its wind farms, because the wires south were full. That would cover every local household's electricity for 40 days. A further 38 MW of approved clean power (almost all onshore wind) is still waiting to be built here: enough to supply a year's electricity to 33,000 homes. A 55 MW battery approved at East Rogerton Cottage, Markethill Road in 2026 would store power that is currently wasted; it has not been built. A 40 MW battery was refused planning here in 2025; while discharging it could have supplied about 140,000 homes.
Ranks 161 of 650 for clean power approved and not built; 12 of 19 among seats with visible switch-off payments.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bankend Rig III Wind FarmWilson Forrest Products Limited | Onshore wind | 66 MW58,000 homes | Cannot connect to the grid until 2030, 5 years after it was approvedWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SP Transmission · earliest connection 2030 · planning ref ECU00004516 |
| East Rogerton Cottage, Markethill Road - Battery Storage FacilityApatura - GPC 680 Limited | Battery | 55 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00006245 |
| Gilbertfield Farm, Gilbertfield Road - Battery Storage FacilityBluefield Renewable Developments Limited | Battery | 40 MW | Refused by South Lanarkshire Council in 2025Who can move it: South Lanarkshire Council · planning ref P/25/0367 |
| Mill Rig Wind FarmBanks Renewables | Onshore wind | 36 MW31,000 homes | Its grid connection date of 2024 has passed and it is still not generatingWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SP Transmission · earliest connection 2024 · planning ref P/21/1127 |
| Hawkwood Wind Farm, Kype Highway - Wind turbinesWilson Renewables IV Llp | Onshore wind | 33 MW29,000 homes | Waiting 20 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: South Lanarkshire Council · planning ref P/24/1420 |
| Langlands Gate, East Kilbride - Battery Energy StorageAdvanced Grid Solutions Limited | Battery | 30 MW | Refused by South Lanarkshire Council in 2025Who can move it: South Lanarkshire Council · planning ref P/25/0555 |
| Low Drumclog Farm, Drumclog - 3 Wind TurbinesClean Earth Energy Limited | Onshore wind | 20 MW17,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref P/22/0228 |
| Dungavel House, IRC Muirkirk Road - Wind FarmClean Earth Energy Limited | Onshore wind | 11 MW10,000 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref P/22/1139 |
| Bankend Rig II Wind FarmWilson Renewables II Llp | Onshore wind | 10 MW8,900 homes | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref P/21/1385 |
| West Dykes Head - Wind turbinesCleanearth Energy | Onshore wind | 7.6 MW6,600 homes | Refused by South Lanarkshire Council in 2025Who can move it: South Lanarkshire Council · planning ref P/22/1610 |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Kilbride and Strathaven | 38 MW | 264 MW | £3.1m |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun | 82 MW | 283 MW | £900k |
| Hamilton and Clyde Valley | 2.1 MW | 61 MW | £170k |
| East Renfrewshire | 0.5 MW | 361 MW | £4.6m |
| Glasgow South | 0 MW | 3 MW | not visible |
| Rutherglen | 1.5 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
Kilmarnock and Loudoun next door has 82 MW waiting, more than East Kilbride and Strathaven's 38 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.