CONSTITUENCY BRIEFING · ENERGYMAP.APP

Swindon South

MP: Heidi Alexander (Labour) England Data to July 2026

Swindon South has 2.6 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 900 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £4.3m across the constituency's 46,735 homes.

Ranks 318 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.

What is stuck, and why

Project and developerTechSizeWhy it is stuck
Unit O, Penzance Drive - Solar PanelsOrtus Energy Solar 700 homes
2 MW
Approved 2 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company

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