Renewable energy companies in the UK are planning to build wind farms and solar parks on farmland to generate power closer to where it is needed. Plans for a large solar farm in Northamptonshire face opposition from local councillors and residents, highlighting the challenges of implementing renewable energy projects due to NIMBY (Not In My Backyard) sentiments. Despite government pledges to increase solar generation, concerns about the visual impact and local opposition pose significant hurdles.
"U.K. politicians have pledged to quadruple solar generation by 2035. There is one problem â no one wants to live next door to acres of fields crammed with solar panels." https://t.co/y8VOlUcwtQ"
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A Politico deep dive into British NIMBYs blocking a solar farm. Turns out NIMBYs everywhere all say the exact same dumb shit. https://t.co/KKaRwIexBy
"Local, polite, mostly grey-haired â and a nightmare vision for UK politicians trying to honour their climate promises." Lovely read from @nearlblog on the NIMBY factor in UK net zero politics, something we're going to hear more and more about as the energy transition takes off https://t.co/b9cyqklBtc
Meet the NIMBYs: Inside the battle for the UK's largest solar farm and the government's biggest net zero hurdle. I went to visit Botley West, a vast proposed new solar farm which will be 11 miles long and require five million panels. @POLITICOEurope https://t.co/kmPGfqFvrB
Northamptonshire solar farm plan met with protest from councillor https://t.co/D0gJRjEJ79
Swathes of farmland are being earmarked for wind farms and solar parks under new initiatives allowing renewable energy companies to charge customers more for their power if they generate it close to where it is needed. https://t.co/E9O1I2WBhX