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Are you sure it’s arable land? The majority of solar farms in the UK are built on low-grade land that aren’t suitable for growing food.
by teamonkey 6mo ago
Are you sure it’s arable land? The majority of solar farms in the UK are built on low-grade land that aren’t suitable for growing food.
- ghighi7878 6mo agoGreen grass is still good to look at.
- teamonkey 6mo agoThere is grass. Grass is allowed to grow around the panels. It’s great for biodiversity.
- cjrp 6mo agoI wonder if that will remain the case. The input costs for farming are increasing (seed, fertiliser, energy), the output is becoming less predictable (flood, drought) and the grants from DEFRA which are meant to smooth things out have dried up somewhat since Brexit. If farmers are offered a guaranteed income for a field, I suspect they'd take it.
- teamonkey 6mo agoSee the adjacent link I posted about projected land use.