German energy firm plots major UK expansion with new site to power ‘thousands of homes’

This plan was torn apart by experts, who pointed that even under the Government’s current plans to scale up solar power, this would only bring that figure up to 0.3 percent of all UK land, and just 0.5 percent of all land used for farming. According to an analysis from Carbon Brief, this accounts for roughly half of the space taken up by golf courses.

Meanwhile, research by the think tank Green Alliance found that in the UK, biofuel production, which involves growing crops specifically for burning as fuel, uses 77 times more arable land than farmland used for solar panels.

Green MP for Brighton Pavilion and former leader of the Green Party Caroline Lucas tweeted: “Utterly bewildering Government attack on solar farms. Solar is a win-win for energy and food security – it’s nine times cheaper than climate-wrecking oil and gas (and much faster to deploy too), and fields with solar panels can still produce food. Who’s behind these nonsensical Government plans?”

But the Green MP was far from the only outraged voice, with Greenpeace UK writing: “With energy bills at an all-time high, why on earth are they sabotaging cheap renewable energy?”

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Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1709642/energy-rwe-renewables-uk-expansion-solar-farm-battery-power-thousands-homes