CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Angus and Perthshire Glens
Angus and Perthshire Glens was paid £3.4m last year to switch off its wind farms, because the wires south were full. That would cover every local household's electricity for 41 days. A further 143 MW of approved clean power (all solar) is still waiting to be built here: enough to supply a year's electricity to 52,000 homes. A 900 MW battery approved at Haughend Farm - Alyth Battery Energy Storage System in 2024 would store power that is currently wasted; it has not been built.
Ranks 37 of 650 for clean power approved and not built; 10 of 19 among seats with visible switch-off payments.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haughend Farm - Alyth Battery Energy Storage SystemEcoDev Group Limited | Battery | 900 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Stracathro - Battery Energy Storage SystemOpdenergy UK 8 Limited | Battery | 249 MW |
Still in the grid queue review — no firm connection date yetWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) |
| Meall Dearg Wind Farm - Wind FarmEnergiekontor (UK) Limited | Onshore wind | 129,000 homes 147 MW |
Cannot connect to the grid until 2037Who can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SSEN Transmission |
What else is in the briefing
- All 38 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 Angus and Perthshire Glens 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.