CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Airdrie and Shotts
Airdrie and Shotts was paid £2.3m last year to switch off its wind farms, because the wires south were full. That would cover every local household's electricity for 31 days. A further 24 MW of approved clean power (almost all onshore wind) is still waiting to be built here: enough to supply a year's electricity to 20,000 homes. A 300 MW battery approved at Newarthill Energy Park in 2025 would store power that is currently wasted; it has not been built.
Ranks 185 of 650 for clean power approved and not built; 14 of 19 among seats with visible switch-off payments.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newarthill Energy ParkGeocore Limited | Battery | 300 MW |
Cleared the grid queue review, so it now has a firm connection dateWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) |
| North Lanrigg Energy StorageNorth Lanrigg Battery Storage Limited | Battery | 200 MW |
Cannot connect to the grid until 2028, 3 years after it was approvedWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SP Transmission |
| Fernishaw Solar Farm & Battery Energy Storage FaciliElgin Energy (EEB67) | Solar | 27,000 homes 75 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 22 projects, each with its planning reference and the organisation that holds the next decision
- Every approval a project still needs, and which of them the public can see
- What building them would mean here — community payments, business rates and construction work
- How Airdrie and Shotts compares with its neighbouring constituencies
- 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
No account needed for any of this:
the full seat page with every figure,
the method and sources,
and this constituency's raw data.
The account covers the packaged briefing only.