CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey
Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey was paid £17m last year to switch off its wind farms, because the wires south were full. That would cover every local household's electricity for 213 days. A further 642 MW of approved clean power (almost all onshore wind) is still waiting to be built here: enough to supply a year's electricity to 523,000 homes. A 50 MW battery approved at Clash Gour in 2022 would store power that is currently wasted; it has not been built.
Ranks 4 of 650 for clean power approved and not built; 4 of 19 among seats with visible switch-off payments.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dorenell Extension Wind FarmGalileo | Onshore wind | 417,000 homes 477 MW |
Applied in 2025, still waiting for a decisionWho can move it: the Scottish Government (it decides big energy projects) |
| Clash GourEDF Energy Renewables/ Force 9 | Onshore wind | 197,000 homes 225 MW |
Approved 4 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
| Glenshero Wind FarmRES/ SIMEC | Onshore wind | 147,000 homes 168 MW |
Refused by the Scottish Government (it decides big energy projects) in 2022Who can move it: the Scottish Government (it decides big energy projects) |
What else is in the briefing
- All 36 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 Moray West, Nairn and Strathspey 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.