Could a Green councillor support a solar farm in Hastings?

Frank Adlington-Stringer says he's considering supporting another solar farm in the area Julia Hilton is another Green councillor who campaigned against a solar farm in Hastings, before she was elected in 2021.

Why do some councillors oppose solar farms?

Despite the party's zeal for sources of renewable energy, some of its councillors in England have opposed solar farms locally. While these councillors say they had good reasons to reject solar farms, their resistance sits uneasily alongside their party's national energy policy, which envisions a rapid transition from fossil fuels to renewables.

Are campaigners'shell-shocked' about a 2,500-acre solar farm?

Campaigners opposed to a 2,500-acre solar farm said they were "shell-shocked" after the plan was approved by the secretary of state for energy. Sunnica's £600m energy farm on the Cambridgeshire-Suffolk border was given the green light on Friday.

Are solar farms and the Green Party inseparable Bedfellows?

Solar farms and the Green Party. Given the party's environmentalist credentials, these are two things you would expect to be inseparable bedfellows. And yet in some rural areas of England where support for the Greens has surged at recent local elections, the reality is more complicated.

Who opposes a solar farm in Suffolk?

Suffolk County Council, East Cambridgeshire District Council and former Conservative MPs Matt Hancock for West Suffolk and Lucy Frazer for Ely had opposed it. Where is the solar farm going? Sunnica said its solar farm would power 172,000 homes and create 1,500 jobs during construction.

Why are protesters protesting against stop steeraway solar farm?

Supporters of the Stop Steeraway Solar Farm group took to a placard protest in 2021... they are still fighting The council believes there are arguable legal grounds to challenge the government’s decision because the planning inspector who considered the case did not properly apply planning policies.