Should rural land be used to produce food or energy? It is a question that divides farmers nationwide, and is being debated on the Somerset Levels. On ancient grazing pastures steel and silicon solar panels are being installed, taking thousands of acres of farmland out of food production. Across the country, the new Energy Security
Here we replaced 2 solar panels and 700W solar inverter with 14 panels and 6000W hybrid.
Tanjent were delighted to install 56 panels on the roof of Ryedene Primary School's newest building.
As cars zip down the M6 near Bedworth, Warwickshire, a large field alongside the motorway lies empty. With parched grass and dry mud as far as the eye can see, the field looks like typical farmland and has been used for growing crops in the past. But the owners of this land are embracing
Solar panel installations tripled in the UK thanks to incentives, analysis shows. It’s election year in Europe, and with it come big promises - including help for voters in greening their homes. The Labour Party’s UK victory heralds a new era for climate action with a “rooftop revolution” aiming to triple solar power in the
Our former environment correspondent had solar panels installed in 2010 and later added a heat pump. He’s totted up the energy generated and cash saved over the years An abiding memory of a day in August 2010, the first time my solar panels were connected to the grid, was of the builders downing tools and
Using a range of machine-learning techniques, a group of scientists found that PV systems can significantly increase the value of a property in the United Kingdom. The analysis was based on property data from Zoopla, one of the leading providers of UK property listings, and price paid data sourced from the government’s Land Registry from
The UK Government plans to simplify the rules for building solar farms and wind turbines by raising the thresholds for stricter planning review The UK Government is planning to change the rules to make it easier to build solar farms and wind turbines. They want to raise the limits for when these projects need a
New data from the UK government has shown that the UK now has 16.9GW of solar capacity online as of the end of June 2024. The latest statistics from the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) revealed that the UK’s solar capacity grew by 8.5% (1.3 GW) over the previous year, a capacity
Fossil fuels accounted for 27% of the EU’s electricity generation in the first half of the year, a 17% decline over the first half of 2023. Solar and wind power accounted for 30% of the EU’s electricity generation in the first half of 2024, exceeding the contribution of fossil fuels in the first six months