'The opposite is true': Solar industry rubbishes claims it poses threat to UK farmland

Michael Holder
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Livestock are frequently found grazing in the same fields as solar farms are situated | Credit: iStock
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Livestock are frequently found grazing in the same fields as solar farms are situated | Credit: iStock

Solar Energy UK raps PM candidates Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss for suggesting large solar farms pose risk to UK food security

The UK solar industry has rubbished claims from Tory leadership candidates Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak that solar farms pose a threat to farmland, pointing out that climate change poses by far the bigger...

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