“Solar is taking away all this land [0.3% of UK land, less than airports] that produces food [and biofuels], when you can build a Sizewell C [in 25 years for 1000% the cost] with less impact [if you ignore the waste and dump it somewhere I don’t walk my dog].” https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/21/lincolnshire-solar-farm-controversy-british-countryside
‘It was our little idyll – until the solar farm landed’: the battle raging in the heart of the British countryside

In one corner, clean energy champion Ed Miliband. In the other, residents – and Reform politicians – outraged at plans for more large-scale solar farms in Lincolnshire than anywhere else in the UK

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@Philsturgeon has nobody heard of agrivoltaics? They increase solar production and agricultural production at the same time on the same land.
Payments offered for sheep to graze large solar sites - Farmers Weekly

Significant growth in the solar energy sector is providing a new revenue stream for sheep farmers, with payments in return for grazing fields with

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