CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Gainsborough
Gainsborough has 583 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 212,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.9m across the constituency's 42,345 homes.
Ranks 6 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottam Solar ProjectIsland Green Power | Solar | 218,000 homes 600 MW |
Cannot connect to the grid until 2029, 5 years after it was approvedWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and National Grid |
| Gate Burton - Solar & Energy Storage ParkLow Carbon | Solar | 193,000 homes 531 MW |
Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Tillbridge Solar Farm, Hemswell - Solar PanelsTillbridge Solar Limited | Solar | 182,000 homes 500 MW |
Approved less than a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 14 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 Gainsborough 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.