Scottish farmers team up to back national solar rollout plans

Stuart Stone
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New deal between Scottish farmers and solar developer Igony aims to accelerate Scotland's net zero transition while ensuring projects are not sited on productive farmland

The National Farmers Union Scotland (NFUS) has struck a deal with a major clean power developer in a move it said would help foster the roll out of solar farms across the country to provide farmers with...

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