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Nov 6, 2005
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No objections to renewables but why on earth do they concentrate so much on solar?
They've already covered hundreds of acres of good farm land in them.
They won't insist that all new-builds have them on the roof!
Now with reduced daylight hours they have vastly reduced output.
Realistically the only guaranteed source of energy that keeps running 24/7 is tidal but we're not seeing any mention of that.
"The UK is currently a leader in tidal stream, with world leading projects operational around the country and a total of 50MW of developments in the pipeline"
 
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My local farm where I keep the caravan has quite a few acres of solar. He says it produces a good price for the use of the air above the land. He still grazes sheep in the fields as he did before but the sheep now have shade if they want it. For him it's a win win situation.
 
Nov 11, 2009
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My local farm where I keep the caravan has quite a few acres of solar. He says it produces a good price for the use of the air above the land. He still grazes sheep in the fields as he did before but the sheep now have shade if they want it. For him it's a win win situation.
For farmers it’s a valuable aid to diversification and helps them to stay in business.
 
Jul 18, 2017
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A lot already have them, What's needed is car parks to be covered in them like in Spain, double bonus keeps the cars cool in the shade.
The problem however is the infrastructure you need feed in points for all the generation.
In the UK the solar panels would be gone in 24 hours, but the shade and protection would be good.
 
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I see that the new Nissan Leaf is a major advance on the outgoing model, with significantly increased range, rapid charging, ability to power external equipment, and already fitted to feed power back into the grid when that capability comes on line. Since the car and batteries are built in Britain it should be able to be exported to the EU without tariffs. Good news for Sunderland, and UK.



 
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