CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Braintree
Braintree has 51 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 18,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.0m across the constituency's 43,166 homes.
Ranks 133 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Braintree Road, Cressing - Battery StoragePivot Power (EDF Renewables) | Battery | 57 MW |
Under constructionWho can move it: the developer |
| Cutbush Farm, Belchamp St Paul - Solar ArrayBritish Solar Renewables | Solar | 18,000 homes 50 MW |
Under constructionWho can move it: the developer |
| Felsted School Road - Solar Photovoltaic Farm & BattClearstone Energy | Solar | 18,000 homes 50 MW |
Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 6 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 Braintree 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.