Huge Solar Farms Will Displace Key Prime Farmland, Say Campaigners

Campaigners are concerned that huge solar farms will remove high-quality agricultural farmland from food production.

Labour Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has relaunched the Solar Taskforce with the aim of tripling the amount of energy the panels generate in the UK.

On Friday, within a week of winning the election, Mr. Miliband approved three major solar power projects with 1.3GW of capacity.

These include Gate Burton in Lincolnshire, Mallard Pass on the Rutland/Lincolnshire border, and Sunnica in Suffolk.

However, critics, including the former Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho, said that the nation’s food security is at risk due to sites being built on high-quality farmland.

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