The UK Government’s revised energy security strategy titled Powering Up Britain, published on ‘Green Day’ (30 March) has committed to a number of measures that it predicts will double the UK’s solar portfolio by 2050.
JBM Solar has had a planning appeal for a 49.9MW solar farm in Langford, Devon, successfully approved becoming “one of the first” to be greenlit under the Sunak government.
Solar Media’s head of market research Finlay Colville takes a look at one of the only solar farms to be developed on Grade 1 land, Crossens solar farm, being developed by Defra.
The solar sector has hit back after reports emerged that environmental secretary Ranil Jayawardena is looking to redefine land categories to make the development of ground-mount assets harder.
In the most recent leadership hustings, held in Darlington, Conservative leadership candidate and MP for South West Norfolk Liz Truss again suggested solar farms negatively impacted food security.
The solar industry is “deeply concerned” by comments made by Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak during the Conservative party leader contest, Solar Energy UK has said.
