“The basic thing is that these shocking schemes are [proposed by] foreign investors looking to make a profit out of our ridiculous energy prices,” said Rowett.
“It’s a huge profit margin for those who can get some renewable energy from our sunshine and take the profits offshore.”
True and she’s right to say it.
She said countryside solar schemes should be smaller and locally operated, and called for a stronger drive for solar panels to be installed on rooftops of public and private buildings instead.
I doubt this would bring in close to what we’d need even if we do it on every building nationally. But heaven forbid we change the landscape to combat climate change.
East Pye has faced strong opposition from politicians in the other main parties on the council including the Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Reform UK.
All local parties are NIMBY or something.
Every form of local government is NIMBY as a default position as far as I can tell. Why else would they exist.
I can see her point that we have tens of thousands of acres of industrial unit rooftops, sports halls, schools etc. that could provide energy closer to where it is actually needed.
As a country we haven’t really embraced decentralised solar energy but there are fortunately some initiatives like plug in solar that might help consumers but we really need to see structural changes for medium scale adoption.
