solar farms
Policy
From onshore renewables to energy efficiency campaigns, the government is finally edging towards the position businesses have been lobbying for - but does the new plan go far enough?
07 December 2022
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11 min read
Wind
Government promises consultation on easing planning restrictions on onshore wind farms, as Environment Secretary reveals proposed blanket ban on solar projects on farmland to be shelved – but critics warn 'we will need to see the detail'
07 December 2022
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9 min read
Wind
New analysis from Energy Climate and Intelligence Unit follows complaints from small group of Tory MPs than onshore wind development could impact food security
06 December 2022
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3 min read
Solar
Mooted plans to tighten planning rules for new solar farms could make a huge dent in both farmers’ revenues and UK decarbonisation efforts
24 November 2022
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6 min read
Energy
Business Secretary promises to boost UK renewables as reports suggest a row is brewing with Number 10 over plans to block solar farm developments
13 October 2022
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9 min read
Politics
Truss and Sunak are battling it out to demonstrate to Conservative viewers their distaste for onshore renewables - but will their contradictory stances on climate action ultimately prove their electoral and economic undoing?
03 August 2022
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8 min read
Solar
Energy giant acquires 30MW solar firm in latest step for £12.5bn clean energy investment programme
20 January 2022
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1 min read
Solar
Latest swoop from green energy investor sees it acquire solar farms with a combined capacity 123MW
20 March 2020
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3 min read
Solar
The government must deploy as much solar as feasible under the Contracts for Difference scheme - net zero depends on it, argues Chris Hewett of the Solar Trade Association
06 March 2020
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3 min read
Solar
Trial marks the first time a UK solar farm has provided a reactive power balancing service to the electricity grid at night, developer claims
26 November 2019
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3 min read
