Summary documents
- An excellent summary collaboration document with CPRE Essex and other groups outlining the problems with solar farms here
Statements from Charities & formal bodies
- CPRE Essex (the countryside charity) solar farm policy statement here
- NFU statement on UK Food Security here
Government publications
- House of Commons article on Food Security here
- Renewable Energy Planning Database: quarterly extract here
- The 10 Point plan for a Green industrial revolution here
- Eric Pickles Written Ministerial Statement here
- Greg Barker’s Speech to the Large Scale Solar Conference here
- Recent Parliamentary Debate covering issues with large solar farms here
MP comments
- An article in the Daily Mail titled “MATT HANCOCK: Why I am protesting against the UK’s largest solar farm that will pump out more carbon over its lifetime than it saves” here
Notable letters to authorities
- A letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak from our Chair Proff. Michael Alder here.
Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)
- A solar developer is required to increase BNG to a site as a result of their development. Here is a paper from Professor Mike Alder outlining some major issues with this.
Land use
- A statement regarding land use from the Community Planning Alliance here.
Battery safety documents
- A detailed paper on the battery storage safety issues by Dr Edmund Fordham MA PhD CPhys CEng FInstP et al here
Blogs
- Blog by campaigner Rosie Pearson on the Solar mega-farm problem here
Press articles