CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke was paid £2.4m last year to switch off its wind farms, because the wires south were full. That would cover every local household's electricity for 30 days. A further 80 MW of approved clean power (all onshore wind) is still waiting to be built here: enough to supply a year's electricity to 70,000 homes.
Ranks 84 of 650 for clean power approved and not built; 13 of 19 among seats with visible switch-off payments.
What is stuck, and why
| Project and developer | Tech | Size | Why it is stuck |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathland Wind FarmEDF Energy Renewables | Onshore wind | 70,000 homes 80 MW |
Cannot connect to the grid until 2028, 6 years after it was approvedWho can move it: the grid operator (NESO) and SP Transmission |
| Woolfords Farm - Onshore Wind TurbinesWoolffords Wind Energy Limited | Onshore wind | 17,000 homes 20 MW |
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company |
What else is in the briefing
- All 2 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 Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke 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.