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"Keir Starmer’s Labour government unveils plans for a “rooftop revolution”
today that will see millions more homes fitted with solar panels in order to
bring down domestic energy bills and tackle the climate crisis.
The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, also took the hugely controversial decision
this weekend to approve three massive solar farms in the east of England that
had been blocked by Tory ministers.
The three sites alone – Gate Burton in Lincolnshire, Sunnica’s energy farm on
the Suffolk-Cambridgeshire border and Mallard Pass on the border between
Lincolnshire and Rutland – will deliver about two-thirds of the solar energy
installed on rooftops and on the ground in the whole of last year.
Now, before Wednesday’s king’s speech, which will include legislation for
setting up the new publicly owned energy company GB Energy, ministers are
working with the building industry to make it easier to buy new homes with
panels installed, or instal them on existing ones.
Ministers are looking at bringing in solar-related standards for new-build
properties from next year.
At present, while formal planning permission is not required, there are
restrictions on where and how high up on buildings they can be placed. There
are also restrictions in conservation areas and on listed buildings. These may
also be re-examined.
Miliband, who has promised to triple the amount of solar power in the UK by
2030, as well as double onshore wind and quadruple offshore wind, said on
Saturday night: “I want to unleash a UK solar rooftop revolution. We will
encourage builders and homeowners in whatever way we can to deliver this
win-win technology to millions of addresses in the UK so people can provide
their own electricity, cut their bills and at the same time help fight climate
change.”
His officials insisted the new government was showing its willingness to “take
on the Nimbys” as part of the fight against the climate crisis.
As one of his first acts last week, Miliband lifted the Tories’ de facto ban on
the building of new onshore windsfarms.
Miliband’s rapid moves on solar power were welcomed by UK energy experts, who
said they would speedily rectify a huge imbalance in the use of renewable
energy in Britain."
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