Methodology
Data and sources
GridRecord is not a complete register of every UK energy project. Live grid figures are Great Britain only. Charts below use the same mart views as Looker Studio. See also About.
With coordinates
100%
Stuck pipeline
287,275MW
8,776 projects
UK project pipeline — capacity by technology
Click a coloured segment to filter by status, or a technology name to focus one tech.
Showing 398,241 MW · 14,657 projects
Source: DESNZ REPD via GridRecord · capacity in MW (electrical)
Top planning authorities
By total capacity in the register (includes national consents).
- Scottish Government (S36)75,176 MW
- The Planning Inspectorate - National Infrastructure57,675 MW
- Marine Scotland33,132 MW
- DECC (S36)9,184 MW
- North Yorkshire8,988 MW
- Doncaster6,205 MW
- Aberdeenshire5,615 MW
- Highland5,062 MW
- Welsh Government (NSIP)3,750 MW
- East Riding of Yorkshire3,673 MW
Stuck vs built (quick read)
Operational share of capacity in the current filter set.
- Operational58,604 MW (15%)
- Not yet operational287,275 MW (72%)
- Other (refused etc.)52,362 MW (13%)
Statuses in approved / under construction / in planning count as not yet operational.
Global Energy Monitor — UK capacity
Independent tracker totals for UK power units we load from GEM downloads. Separate from DESNZ REPD on the map — do not double-count with REPD. Public preview use under CC BY 4.0 with attribution; silence from GEM is not written approval for a paid Monitor product.
4,592 UK units · 300,735 MW total (excludes GIPT integrated tracker to avoid double-count)
- Wind177,187 MW
- Solar52,044 MW
- Nuclear47,958 MW
- Hydropower15,789 MW
- Bioenergy7,750 MW
- Geothermal7 MW
Power plant data © Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0).
Source freshness
When we last checked each feed. True one-click refresh needs the scheduled ingest jobs running in the cloud.
Looker Studio: GridRecord — mart walkthrough (internal)
| Source | Cadence | We checked | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Intensity API | half_hourly | 2026-10-06T09:22:59.801091000Z | ok |
| Renewable Energy Planning Database | quarterly | 2026-09-16T15:45:26.659563000Z | ok |