CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Gordon and Buchan
Gordon and Buchan was paid £120k last year to switch off its wind farms, because the wires south were full. That would cover every local household's electricity for 39 hours. A further 107 MW of approved clean power (mostly onshore wind) is still waiting to be built here: enough to supply a year's electricity to 83,000 homes. A 300 MW battery approved at Kintore Battery Energy Storage Project in 2025 would store power that is currently wasted; it has not been built. A 50 MW battery was refused planning here in 2026; while discharging it could have supplied about 175,000 homes.
Ranks 59 of 650 for clean power approved and not built; 19 of 19 among seats with visible switch-off payments.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kintore Hydrogen Project, Kintore - Hydrogen PlaStatera Energy | Hydrogen | 3,000 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Rothienorman, Middleton of Blackhills - BESSBlackford Renewables Limited | Battery | 500 MW |
Waiting 1.1 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: the Scottish Government (it decides big energy projects) |
| Abbotshaugh Battery StorageIsland Green Power (IGP Solar 25 Limited) | Battery | 500 MW |
Waiting 1.2 years for a planning decisionWho can move it: the Scottish Government (it decides big energy projects) |
What else is in the briefing
- All 32 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 Gordon and Buchan 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.