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Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West

MP: Dame Chi Onwurah (Labour) England Data to July 2026

Newcastle upon Tyne Central and West has 3.7 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 1,400 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.7m across the constituency's 51,338 homes.

Ranks 280 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.

What is stuck, and why

Project and developerTechSizeWhy it is stuck
Responsive Engineering, Scotswood Road - Solar PanelResponsive Engineering Solar 400 homes
1 MW
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company

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