Kenilworth and Southam
Kenilworth and Southam has 229 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 83,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.6m across the constituency's 39,381 homes. A 50 MW battery was refused planning here in 2022; while discharging it could have supplied about 175,000 homes.
Ranks 15 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burton Green Farm - Battery Energy StorageConrad Energy (Developments) Limited | Battery | 100 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Holly Lane Energy Park - Solar Farm & Battery StoragExagen | Battery | 75 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Honiley Road - Solar Farm & Battery StorageEnso Green Holdings Limited | Battery | 57 MW |
Approved 2 years 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 Kenilworth and Southam 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