CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Glasgow South West
Glasgow South West has 1.1 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 400 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.0m across the constituency's 43,154 homes.
Ranks 403 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturland Farm, Salterland Road - Battery Energy Storage SystemResources Unlimited LLP | Battery | 61 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ECU00004590 |
| Broomloan Road - Battery Energy StorageLifetime Property Limited | 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 2028 · planning ref 24/00714/FUL |
| Govan Battery Energy Storage SystemVital Energi Utilities Limited | Battery | 50 MW | Waiting 18 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Glasgow City Council · planning ref 24/03094/FUL |
| Parkhouse Road - Battery Energy StorageGPC 1184 Limited | Battery | 24 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/00342/FUL |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glasgow South West | 1.1 MW | 0.2 MW | not visible |
| East Renfrewshire | 0.5 MW | 361 MW | £4.6m |
| Glasgow South | 0 MW | 3 MW | not visible |
| Paisley and Renfrewshire South | 0 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Glasgow East | 0.5 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| Paisley and Renfrewshire North | 102 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North next door has 102 MW waiting, more than Glasgow South West's 1.1 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.