UK WANTS RESPONSIBLE SOLAR GROWTH

Solar Fields Called 'Wastelands' In Westminster Debate

15 July 2013 (Solar Industry)

“The U.K.-based Solar Trade Association (STA) says a recent Parliamentary debate on solar fields has given a clear warning to the solar sector that field arrays must be developed responsibly. The STA is concerned that poor examples of solar developments are damaging the industry's reputation…Member of Parliament (MP) Sarah Wollaston, who called the debate, complained that solar farms were creating an "industrial wasteland." However, the MP acknowledged the desperate plight of many local farmers whose incomes had collapsed…The STA says MP Greg Barker, minister of the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), has welcomed industry initiatives to improve the standards of solar farms but said these did not go far enough…” click here for more

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