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Energy Secretary Ed Miliband is pushing to triple solar capacity by 2030.
The UK Government has approved the construction of three new solar farms in the Midlands in England that could power at least 400,000 homes.
Ed Miliband, the new energy secretary, passed plans for the projects at Mallard Pass, which is located in Rutland and across the border in Lincolnshire, Sunnica in Suffolk and Cambridgeshire, and Gate Burton in Lincolnshire, covering a total of 2,837 hectares.
According to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), the projects could generate a total of 1.4GW – enough to power 406,994 homes.
“Solar power is crucial to achieving net zero, providing an abundant source of cleaner, cheaper energy on the mission towards 2030,” said Miliband.
“Some of these cases had been held up for months before I arrived in the department. They were put on my desk on Monday, and I have made a decision in three days. This is the speed we are working at to achieve energy independence, cut bills for families and kick-start green economic growth.”The amount of energy produced by the three solar farms will amount to around two-thirds of the solar energy installed on rooftops and on the ground in the UK last year. |
