33 h. ago Sunshine boon powers Birmingham airport through solar energy

In 2024, the Midlands aviation hub invested nearly £10m in a solar farm, featuring over 12,000 panels.

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35 h. ago Solar farm developer and footpath campaigners find perfect solution

'The result has been beneficial for both parties,' says council officer

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51 h. ago ‘Species could be wiped out’ if new solar farm is built in Wales, planners told

The proposed site would be operational for 40 years

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57 h. ago 'This will irretrievably damage a nationally important landscape teeming with wildlife'

A huge solar farm would cover a vast area of the Gwent Levels

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9 d. ago Homes can't be built on empty site because bats might be there

An inspector found the benefits of six new homes would be 'modest' and would not 'outweigh the harm to biodiversity interests'

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1 week ago The £50m building in Wales set to be redundant before it opens

The new facility has been built at huge costs at a border point in Wales but may never be used

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2 w. ago Plans for Perthshire solar farm the size of 140 football pitches refused

Perth and Kinross Council felt the "excessive" scale had not been fully justified for such a "significant" loss of prime agricultural land

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3 w. ago New Aldi and Starbucks to be built on empty land in Welsh town

It is hoped the project will contribute to creating a more viable ‘destination’ for shoppers

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3 w. ago Locals fear Britain's biggest solar farm will 'spoil views of the Malvern Hills' if plans for huge 271

Opponents to the proposals by RWE Renewables UK Solar & Storage Ltd near Powick in Worcestershire claim the solar farm will destroy the Malvern Hills landscape and could pose a fire risk.

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3 w. ago Campaigners call on King Charles to help them stop Britain's biggest solar farm as £800m 3,500

The £800million Botley West project is set to cover almost 3,500 acres of land in Oxfordshire with solar panels.

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last month Giant batteries are a huge opportunity for Wales but they must not be built close to homes

Huge battery storage projects are being planned across Wales but Plaid MS Llyr Gruffydd argues there must be full oversight and regulation to keep people safe

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last month Weatherwatch: How 60 species are just one cyclone away from extinction

Hurricane Dorian killed off the Bahama nuthatch and more biodiversity hotspots are at risk from extreme weatherHurricane Dorian is thought to have been one of the worst natural disasters for the Bahamas, leaving at least 70,000 people homeless and causing more than $5bn (£3.7bn) in damage in 2019. But it wasn’t just people who suffered. For one forest dwelling songbird – the Bahama nuthatch – this hurricane spelled the end.Now a new study reveals that a significant number of species that are endemic to a single island, like the Bahama nuthatch, are at increasing risk of extinction from severe tropical cyclones, with an estimated 60 species potentially one cyclone away from being wiped out. Continue reading...

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