Solar Power: Land Use
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what his policy is on the use of agricultural land for solar energy.
Answered by Michael Shanks
Our policy remains unchanged. Solar farms should be built on brownfield sites or previously developed land, wherever possible. Where the development of agricultural land is shown to be necessary, lower-quality land should be preferred to higher-quality land.
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