Bolsover
Bolsover has 35 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 13,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.1m across the constituency's 44,182 homes.
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The waiting list
Every approved, unbuilt project
| Site | Technology | Enough for | Capacity | Approved | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frithwood Farm, Frithwood Lane - Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 9,100 homes | 25.0 MW | 2023-12 | 2.7 yrs |
| Mansfield Road, Temple Normanton - Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 1,600 homes | 4.4 MW | 2024-05 | 2.2 yrs |
| Xtratherm UK | Solar Photovoltaics | 600 homes | 1.7 MW | 2020-05 | 6.3 yrs |
| Lindrick Way, Barlborough - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 500 homes | 1.3 MW | 2024-02 | 2.4 yrs |
| Fairbrook House, Clover Nook Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 400 homes | 1.1 MW | 2024-05 | 2.2 yrs |
| Stud Farm, Elliotts Butchers Farm Shop - Solar Array | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.3 MW | 2024-04 | 2.3 yrs |
| Blachford UK Limited, Park Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.3 MW | 2024-05 | 2.2 yrs |
| A G Parfett & Sons Limited, Cotes Park Industrial Estate - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.3 MW | 2023-09 | 2.9 yrs |
| Hardwick View Road, Holmewood - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2023-07 | 3.1 yrs |
Batteries
| Site | Size | Status | While discharging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hurst Farm, Mansfield Road - Battery Energy Storage System | 100 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈350,000 homes |
| Newton Wood Farm | 50 MW | approved, not built 2020 | could supply ≈175,000 homes |
| Lodge Farm, Calow - Battery Energy Storage System | 25 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈88,000 homes |
| Calow Green Farm | 20 MW | 2020 | could supply ≈70,000 homes |
What this page does not show
Smaller wind farms on the local grid are also switched off; national data does not show it, so the £ figure here is a floor, not a zero. Offshore wind is counted nationally, never per seat. The planning database can run a quarter behind reality.
Electricity does not travel from a particular project to particular houses. Everything generated goes into the national grid and everyone draws from that shared pool, so "enough for X homes" is a way of sizing the electricity — not a claim that these homes would be powered by this site. Battery storage is counted separately from generation: it moves power in time rather than making it.
Planning statuses come from the government's planning database (REPD), which records what was decided and when, but not why. Where a project was refused we say so and name the authority; for the reasons, look up the planning reference on that council's own register. How to check any figure on this page →
What has Natalie Fleet said about the grid in Parliament? Search Hansard →