Energy Secretary’s decision to overturn planning inspectorate on project in rural eastern England sparks fury.
Ed Miliband has been accused of endangering the nation’s food security after giving the go-ahead for Britain’s biggest solar farm on green land despite the objections of officials.
The MP for Sleaford and North Hykeham was among a number from the county who voiced their objections to large-scale local solar farm plans in a Parliamentary debate yesterday (Thursday). Dr Caroline Johnson was able to table a Parliamentary debate in Westminster Hall, supported by other backbench MPs, on the issue of large-scale solar farms.
A government minister has said that far more applications have been made for solar farms than the country will ever need. Graham Stuart, the energy minister, made the remark after being asked about concerns over recent plans for solar farms, including in North Lincolnshire. "An awful lot of the projects, talking nationally, will never see the light of day," he added.
Britain’s energy regulator Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has recommended for approval plans for two high-voltage subsea cable links to Europe, which have the potential to power millions of homes, making use of the green power in the North Sea and boosting import and export capacity for clean energy.
Dr Caroline Johnson met with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to convey concerns from her constituents regarding the scale of current large solar farm proposals.
Political momentum is swaying in favour of European solar panel manufacturers, as work progresses on a new EU law banning forced labour practices that would effectively block Chinese imports.
The UK Government has announced the purchase of the Wylfa and Oldbury nuclear sites from Hitachi for £160 million. The deal, revealed during the Budget, has been met with anticipation from industry insiders and stakeholders.
Europe’s solar power industry has warned policymakers not to impose tariffs on imports, amid fears that disrupting supplies of products from China would seriously damage Europe’s ability to rapidly install clean energy.
The UK has announced its departure from the Energy Charter Treaty after unsuccessful attempts to align it with net zero goals. The UK has officially withdrawn from the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a decision announced by Energy Security and Net Zero Minister Graham Stuart.
Europe’s solar power industry has warned policymakers not to impose tariffs on imports, amid fears that disrupting supplies of products from China would seriously damage Europe’s ability to rapidly install clean energy.
The European Commission on Friday (9 December) officially launched the EU’s solar photovoltaic industry alliance, with the aim of regaining production lost to China and establishing a “Made in Europe” industry.
Campaigners are celebrating after a High Court judge said a council's approval of plans for a solar farm was unlawful. Approved by Durham County Council, Lightsource bp's contentious plans to transform a 92-hectare site near Burnhope into a huge solar farm are fiercely opposed by residents.
A solar farm the size of about 33 football pitches has been given the go-ahead on green belt farmland despite being rejected by councillors.
Shropshire Council had declined planning permission for the site off Hall Lane, Kemberton, near Telford.
Plans for a large solar farm that would have powered 7,650 homes in Coventry have been rejected after opposition from residents.
More than 60,000 solar panels would have been installed on greenbelt farmland in the north of the city as part of the proposals.
Rishi Sunak has been urged to stick to a pledge to avoid building solar farms on agricultural land as a huge energy farm is considered for land in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. If approved, the project from Sunnica, an energy company, could create a Cabinet clash, with Lucy Frazer, the new Culture Secretary, vehemently opposing the development in her South East Cambridgeshire constituency.
There’s no such thing as a wind or solar ‘farm’, just an ugly industrial site. In a story filled with all the standard climate alarmist narratives, USA Today recently reported on the rising movement by local governments in the United States to refuse to permit unwanted wind and solar industrial sites in their jurisdictions.
The Government claims that its British Energy Security Strategy will increase the number of clean jobs in the UK by supporting around 112,000 additional jobs in renewable generation and hydrogen by the end of the decade.
Solar panels in the countryside are disliked by many rural Conservative MPs, and the Observer can reveal that Sunak and environment secretary Thérèse Coffey have revived plans to put new restrictions on this form of cheap renewable energy.
National Grid has unveiled the selected locations for its new green energy link to the Netherlands, including landfall, cable route and converter station sites.
The project aims to connect Suffolk to the Netherlands and a Dutch offshore wind farm, facilitating the sharing of 1.8GW of green energy.
Britain endured a record 214 hours of negative electricity prices in 2023, according to a report.
Britain experienced 214 hours of negative power prices in 2023, according to Imperial College London’s Electric Insights report.
Germany's government has announced that it will tender for 10 gigawatts (GW) of new gas-fired power station capacity that must be ready to switch to clean hydrogen in the future transition away from polluting fossil fuels.
ANDREW NEIL: Everywhere, there's a growing public revolt against net zero, forcing politicians across Europe to renege on green virtue signalling.
The headlong rush to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, pursued for so long by democratic governments across the globe regardless of cost, has finally hit the buffers of voter resistance.
Dr Johnson said rural areas had been "plagued" by plans and villages would be surrounded by a "sea" of panels.
She urged the government to reconsider whether it should decide on 50MW-plus schemes instead of local councils, which consider smaller-scale projects.
A councillor has claimed Lincolnshire is being used as a dumping ground for green energy projects that benefit other parts of the country.
Conservative county councillor Colin Davie said the interests of local people should be put first.
Planned large-scale solar farms in Lincolnshire would have "a catastrophic" impact on communities, a council leader has warned.
Four sites have been proposed for West Lindsey, with two crossing into neighbouring parts of Nottinghamshire.