Solar Power: Land Use
Commons · Question 5441 · Tabled 11 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 7 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Sir Ashley Fox
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of solar farms on levels of availability of agricultural land.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 7 Oct 2024
Solar power is crucial to achieving net zero, providing an abundant source of cleaner, cheaper energy on the mission towards 2030. The total area used for solar farms is very small, and - even in the most ambitious scenarios - solar farms will occupy less...