Exmouth and Exeter East
Exmouth and Exeter East has 150 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 55,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.9m across the constituency's 42,783 homes.
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The waiting list
Every approved, unbuilt project
| Site | Technology | Enough for | Capacity | Approved | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutton Farm, Whimple - Horton Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 18,000 homes | 49.9 MW | 2023-06 | 3.1 yrs |
| Paytherden Solar Farm (Peradon) | Solar Photovoltaics | 18,000 homes | 49.0 MW | 2022-12 | 3.7 yrs |
| Ford Oaks Solar & Green Infrastructure Facility | Solar Photovoltaics | 11,000 homes | 30.0 MW | 2023-11 | 2.7 yrs |
| Higher Hawkerland Farm, Sidmouth Road - Solar Farm | Solar Photovoltaics | 6,500 homes | 18.0 MW | 2023-04 | 3.3 yrs |
| Westexe, Greendale Business Park - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 400 homes | 1.1 MW | 2024-02 | 2.5 yrs |
| Crealy Adventure Park, Clyst St Mary - Solar Array | Solar Photovoltaics | 300 homes | 0.9 MW | 2022-09 | 3.9 yrs |
| Devon Cliffs Holiday Centre, Sandy Bay - Solar panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 200 homes | 0.5 MW | 2023-03 | 3.4 yrs |
| David Lloyd Leisure Club, Sandy Park Way - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.4 MW | 2023-09 | 2.9 yrs |
| Darts Farm Shopping Village, Clyst St George - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2023-03 | 3.4 yrs |
| William Pollard & Co, Oak House - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2022-09 | 3.9 yrs |
| The Vapormatic Company - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.1 MW | 2023-06 | 3.1 yrs |
Plus 5 more approved within the last two years.
Batteries
| Site | Size | Status | While discharging |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saundercroft Farm - Battery Energy Storage System | 290 MW | approved, not built 2024 | could supply ≈1,016,000 homes |
| Exeter Substation, Broadclyst - Battery Energy Storage | 125 MW | approved, not built 2026 | could supply ≈438,000 homes |
| National Grid Substation - Battery Energy Storage System | 100 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈350,000 homes |
| Blackhill Quarry, Woodbury - Battery Energy Storage Facility | 60 MW | approved, not built 2023 | could supply ≈210,000 homes |
| Saundercroft Road, Broadclyst - Battery Energy Storage System | 57 MW | approved, not built 2025 | could supply ≈200,000 homes |
| Higher Bagmore Farm, Ebford Lane -Battery Energy Storage System | 50 MW | in planning | could supply ≈175,000 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 David Reed said about the grid in Parliament? Search Hansard →