CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Foyle
Foyle has no significant clean power approved and waiting to be built, and none running. Northern Ireland is on the all-Ireland grid, so Britain's grid bottlenecks do not reach bills here in the same way.
Ranks 569 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coolkeeragh - Battery StorageCoolkeeragh BES Ltd | Battery | 140 MW | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref LA11/2023/1679/F |
| Maydown Road - Battery Energy Storage SystemElectric Land | Battery | 140 MW | Waiting 20 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Derry City and Strabane Council · planning ref LA11/2024/0898/F |
| Mullaghmeash Road & Feeny - Battery Energy StoragePrivate Developer | Battery | 100 MW | Waiting 17 months for a planning decisionWho can move it: Derry City and Strabane Council · planning ref LA01/2025/0175/F |
| Battery Energy Storage Facility in LondonderryHeron Storage Ltd | Battery | 34 MW | Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref LA11/2023/2109/F |
| Battery Energy Storage Facility Development in DerryHeron Property Limited | Battery | 17 MW | Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company · planning ref LA11/2025/0092/F |
Compared with its neighbours
| Constituency | Approved, not built | Running | Paid to switch off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Foyle | 0 MW | 0 MW | not visible |
| West Tyrone | 84 MW | 493 MW | not visible |
| East Londonderry | 176 MW | 255 MW | not visible |
East Londonderry next door has 176 MW waiting, more than Foyle's 0 MW.
The rest of the briefing
- Every approval each project still needs, and which of them the public can see
- What building them would mean here — community payments, business rates and construction work
- Drafted parliamentary questions and letters, filled in with this seat's figures
- 1 story angles for local reporting
- A two-page PDF, and a newsroom edition with the references and who to call
Everything above needs no account, and neither does the full seat page, the method or this constituency's raw data. The account covers the packaged briefing and its PDF, and nothing else.