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Edinburgh South

MP: Ian Murray (Labour) Scotland Data to July 2026

Edinburgh South 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, £3.9m across the constituency's 42,786 homes.

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

What is stuck, and why

Project and developerTechSizeWhy it is stuck
Existing Kaimes Substation, Old Burdiehouse Road - BKaimes Renewable Energy Park Battery
50 MW
Waiting 2.4 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: City of Edinburgh Council

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