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Rushcliffe
Rushcliffe has 163 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 59,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.9m across the constituency's 42,128 homes.
Ranks 29 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Leake Lane, Ratcliffe - Battery StorageSandbrook Capital BES Limited | Battery | 1,200 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/01285/FUL |
| Gotham - Battery Energy storageNet Zero Energy Development Limited | Battery | 100 MW | Waiting 2.3 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: Rushcliffe Council · planning ref 24/00537/FUL |
| West Leake Lane, Ratcliffe - Battery StorageRenewable Energy Systems RES ltd (Beaufort) | Battery | 100 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/02179/FUL |
| Old Wood Energy Park - Battery Energy StorageExagen | Battery | 85 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/00161/FUL |
| Old Wood Energy Park - Solar Pv PanelExagen | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/00161/FUL |
| EMERGE (East Midlands Energy Re-Generation)Uniper UK | EfW Incineration | 50 MW | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref ES/4154 |
| Fair Oaks Renewable Energy Park - Solar farm & Battery energy storageRidge Clean Energy Limited / L&G NTR Clean Power | Battery | 50 MW | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/00254/FUL |
| Kingston Solar farmRenewable Energy System Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Refused by Rushcliffe Council in 2023Who can move it: Rushcliffe Council · planning ref 22/00319/FUL |
| Fair Oaks Renewable Energy Park - Solar farm & Battery energy storageRidge Clean Energy Limited / L&G NTR Clean Power | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 23/00254/FUL |
| Church Farm, Kingston On Soar - Solar Photovoltaic FarmRenewable Connections Developments Limited | Solar | 50 MW18,000 homes | Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/00809/FUL |
| Highfields Farm - Solar Farm & Battery StorageBoultbee Brooks Renewable Energy Ltd | Solar | 43 MW16,000 homes | Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 22/00303/FUL |
| West Thorpe Church Farm, Willoughby On The Wolds - Battery Energy StorageIntegrum Renewable Energy Limited | Battery | 25 MW | Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref 24/00151/FUL |
Plus 6 smaller projects — see the full seat page.
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rushcliffe | 163 MW | 24 MW | not visible |
| Loughborough | 95 MW | 43 MW | not visible |
| Melton and Syston | 76 MW | 34 MW | not visible |
| Nottingham South | 6.7 MW | 2.2 MW | not visible |
| Erewash | 0.4 MW | 0.6 MW | not visible |
| Nottingham East | 0 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
Rushcliffe has more approved-and-waiting capacity than any of its neighbouring seats.
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.