Its rapid growth has been driven by plummeting costs - down 85% over the same period.
But Sunnica is applying for permission to build a 500MW 'energy farm' in East Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk. "We need food security as well and this is the incorrect place for solar. In the UK we have 600,000 acres of south-facing industrial roof-space which is unused, we have brownfield sites and we have arable land that is less versatile that this.The expansion of large-scale solar has been opposed by some Tory MPs, including Matt Hancock, the former health secretary.And the government's recent energy strategy shied away from an explicit target for solar energy.
Acres of disgusting glass or plastic !!
Especially on cold, dark, winters nights. We need technology to store solar and wind energy for use on calm, dark, nights.
Yes, it's very very sunny in Britain and all year round
Problem is storage and maintenance.
Lol… they said that in 1974. BTW
/ Whilst Solar Farms Take up so so much of Green Land ! Whilst how many Roofs are there in The U.K if each one was adorned with Solar Panels all benefit by supplying much needed energy whilst all receive Cheaper energy !!!
Look ugly though get them on roofs where they belong probably cheaper than renting a field off a farmer too and then they can grow more tomatoes!
Spend a little time on YouTube and check out Fully Charged I believe it will change your thinking 🤔
Waiting to see which MP has shares in these firms.
Along with supplying houses with solar panels and storage batteries, and everyone can cut the use of fossil fuels etc. through some wind farms into the mix and you have a lot more renewable energy.
You forgot that that same land can produce food. The west is good at making demons out of angels. Sadam Hussein, Gaddafi, and now Putin?
Never any mention of making energy cheaper.
Lovely,wele be able to cook food cheaply,only trouble is,there be no bloody land left to grow it.stupid statement,typical of Sky News.
Problem is... does the UK have enough sun in a given year?
and theyll make the British countryside look bloody awful.
Building a Severn Barrage would produce far more! 2nd highest tidal flow in the world going to waste daily Free Safe Green Energy
Do you have a Putin replacement? Would be a best seller.
Still need gas to heat our homes
It’s not cut any bills to date though has it ?
Aye sunny UK 😂
How does solar farms replace gas ? No good if you’ve got a gas boiler or gas cooker
Electric is dearer not using my cooker, got myself an airfryer and a Ninja been monitoring now for 6 weeks cut by 50%. Ninga fully loaded 45 mins for a roast chicken roasts and veg in microwave and it’s working. Was a gamble.
This should have happened decades ago... Have to ask yourself why. I will explain, oil companies with MPs in their pocket lol. UKParliament
There shouldn’t be a new build, that is suitable for solar, allowed without it! As for solar farms, when people wake up and realise, all the farmland is covered in panels or trees, neither of which they can eat, it will be too late!!
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️ we dont get enough sun in this country for this to replace gas ffs