Rugby
Rugby has 77 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 28,000 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.2m across the constituency's 45,150 homes.
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The waiting list
Every approved, unbuilt project
| Site | Technology | Enough for | Capacity | Approved | Waiting |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elms Farm - Hinckley Solar Farm & Battery Storage | Solar Photovoltaics | 18,000 homes | 49.9 MW | 2022-11 | 3.7 yrs |
| Tolldish Hall Farm, Parrotts Grove - Solar Photovoltaic Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 9,100 homes | 25.0 MW | 2023-08 | 2.9 yrs |
| J Sainsburys, Dunchurch Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 200 homes | 0.6 MW | 2023-11 | 2.7 yrs |
| Quartzelec Limited, Castle Mound Way - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 200 homes | 0.5 MW | 2022-12 | 3.7 yrs |
| Rugby Motorway Services, Leicester Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.4 MW | 2024-04 | 2.3 yrs |
| Peri Limited, Market Harborough Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.3 MW | 2022-12 | 3.7 yrs |
| Cosford Lane - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | 100 homes | 0.2 MW | 2022-01 | 4.6 yrs |
| Barby Road - Solar Panels | Solar Photovoltaics | — | — MW | 2022-07 | 4.1 yrs |
Plus 5 more approved within the last two years.
Batteries
| Site | Size | Status | While discharging |
|---|---|---|---|
| T Main Road, Ansty - Battery Energy Storage System | 200 MW | approved, not built 2024 | could supply ≈701,000 homes |
| Bungalow Farm, Smeaton Lane - Battery Energy Storage | 60 MW | in planning | could supply ≈210,000 homes |
| Bungalow Farm, Smeaton Lane - Battery Energy Storage System | 60 MW | in planning | could supply ≈210,000 homes |
What this page does not show
Smaller wind farms on the local grid are also switched off; national data does not show it, so the £ figure here is a floor, not a zero. Offshore wind is counted nationally, never per seat. The planning database can run a quarter behind reality.
Electricity does not travel from a particular project to particular houses. Everything generated goes into the national grid and everyone draws from that shared pool, so "enough for X homes" is a way of sizing the electricity — not a claim that these homes would be powered by this site. Battery storage is counted separately from generation: it moves power in time rather than making it.
Planning statuses come from the government's planning database (REPD), which records what was decided and when, but not why. Where a project was refused we say so and name the authority; for the reasons, look up the planning reference on that council's own register. How to check any figure on this page →
What has John Slinger said about the grid in Parliament? Search Hansard →