Sunnica Solar Energy Farm

Sunnica Solar Energy Farm

Posted on Jun 29, 2022 by jsw  | Tags: Solar Energy

In March, CPRE Cambridgeshire and Peterborough objected to Sunnica Ltd’s proposal to site a solar energy farm straddling East Cambridgeshire and West Suffolk (read our objection here).  This will have a particular impact on the villages of Kennett, Chippenham, Snailwell, Fordham and Burwell.  Broadly, our view is that good farm land should not be used for solar farms; it should be used to grow food or be returned to nature. There are thousands of acres of space on warehousing, car parks and other commercial buildings in this country which could readily be clad with solar panels and used to generate electricity.  For more information regarding CPRE views on solar farms see

https://www.cprecambs.org.uk/campaigns-climate-change-and-energy/2022/06/15/the-problem-with-solar-farms/ a booklet produced by CPRE Essex, CPRE Herts and others https://www.cpre.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Feb-22_CPRE_Policy-statement-on-solar-energy.pdf National CPRE’S policy statement on solar energy

https://www.cpre.org.uk/what-we-care-about/climate-change-and-energy/renewable-energy/ National CPRE resources on renewable energy

Local campaign group Say No To Sunnica has produced a petition calling on the government to produce a Farmland Protection Policy to regulate the loss of farmland to solar farms https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/606663