CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP

Edinburgh South West

MP: Dr Scott Arthur (Labour) Scotland Data to July 2026

Edinburgh South West has no significant clean power approved and waiting to be built, and none running. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.5m across the constituency's 49,162 homes.

Ranks 569 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.

What is stuck, and why

Project and developerTechSizeWhy it is stuck
Riccarton Mains Road - Battery Energy StorageMiller Developments Battery
150 MW
Waiting 1.4 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: the Scottish Government (it decides big energy projects)

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