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Widnes and Halewood

MP: Derek Twigg (Labour) England Data to July 2026

Widnes and Halewood has 4.8 MW of clean power (all solar) approved and still not built: enough to supply a year's electricity to 1,700 homes. Britain's grid bottlenecks still add to bills here: about £92 a year per household, £3.7m across the constituency's 39,758 homes.

Ranks 264 of 650 for clean power approved and not built.

What is stuck, and why

Project and developerTechSizeWhy it is stuck
St Michaels Road, Ditton Road - Battery StorageShell Green Limited Battery
14 MW
Approved 3 years ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company
Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Plant, North Road - Solar PJaguar Land Rover Solar 3,400 homes
9.3 MW
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company
Ditton Road - Solar MicrogridHalton Borough Council Solar 1,500 homes
4 MW
Approved a year ago — nothing has happened sinceWho can move it: the developer and the network company

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