CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
Ely and East Cambridgeshire has 145 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 53,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.1m across the constituency's 44,828 homes. A 90 MW battery was refused planning here in 2026; while discharging it could have supplied about 315,000 homes.
Ranks 36 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wicken Bridleway, Church Road - Battery Energy StoraGreen Switch Capital Limited | Battery | 400 MW |
Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Land Southwest of Hightown Drove, Burwell - Battery Grenergy Renewables UK Limited | Battery | 90 MW |
Refused by East Cambridgeshire Council in 2026Who can move it: East Cambridgeshire Council |
| Newmarket Road, Bottisham - Battery Energy StorageRidge Clean Energy Limited | Battery | 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 13 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 Ely and East Cambridgeshire 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.