Solar

More than 340 objections lodged against 'takeover' of agricultural land for solar development in Scotland

Environment

More than 340 objections lodged against 'takeover' of agricultural land for solar development in Scotland

"We do not want this project to be a precedent in the future"

clock 15 October 2024 • 3 min read
Solar energy could see tenant farms 'disappear' from the landscape

Farm Life

Solar energy could see tenant farms 'disappear' from the landscape

"It has been a living hell for our family"

clock 24 September 2024 • 4 min read
Tom Tugendhat - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "The agricultural industry is the glue that binds our rural areas together"

Politics

Tom Tugendhat - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "The agricultural industry is the glue that binds our rural areas together"

Tonbridge MP Tom Tugendhat is one of five candidates in the running to be the next Conservative Party leader

clock 08 September 2024 • 3 min read
Robert Jenrick - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "I would push for key agricultural land to be protected from being developed as solar farms"

Politics

Robert Jenrick - Conservative Party leadership candidate: "I would push for key agricultural land to be protected from being developed as solar farms"

Mr Jenrick is one of six candidates standing to be the next Conservative Party leader

clock 04 September 2024 • 5 min read
'Disappointment' as councils pull out of Sunnica judicial review proceedings

Environment

'Disappointment' as councils pull out of Sunnica judicial review proceedings

"The developer still has a huge mountain to climb before they send in the diggers to the food production fields of rural East Cambridgeshire and Suffolk"

clock 23 August 2024 • 6 min read
Solar energy breakthrough could reduce need for solar farms

Environment

Solar energy breakthrough could reduce need for solar farms

The University of Oxford said the new light-absorbing material could reduce the need for silicon-based solar panels

clock 16 August 2024 • 3 min read
Ed Miliband challenged over decision to 'greenlight' Sunnica's £600m solar project on farmland

Environment

Ed Miliband challenged over decision to 'greenlight' Sunnica's £600m solar project on farmland

Suffolk County Council said Mr Miliband has potentially set a 'dangerous precedent' by giving the solar farm development

clock 10 August 2024 • 3 min read