The head of a leading climate change research centre says the UK needs more large solar farms.
Asher Minns, from the Tyndall Centre at the University of East Anglia in Norwich said: “We need to be producing our own electricity, not relying on overseas regimes."
His comments came after concerns were raised by Norfolk County Council's leader, who said she found a growing number of plans for solar farms “deeply disturbing”.Mrs Billig told a council meeting that solar farms were “an eyesore in our beautiful countryside” and local authorities were not given the opportunity to reject them.
Solar farms greater than 50 megawatts in output are considered too significant to the UK's energy needs to be decided by local councils.The largest existing solar farm in the UK is the 260-acre Llanwen in south-east Wales.Mr Minns said that with a growing population and the UK’s need to be less-reliant on foreign energy “we absolutely need to electrify everything”.
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