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UK households face a collective £5bn energy bill if the government pushes through with efforts to block large-scale solar farms on agricultural land, analysts have said.

New analysis from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) has found that putting further restrictions on ground-mount solar farms could cost UK bill payers up to £5 billion a year.

New analysis calculates how restricting ground mounted solar farms would result in a continued reliance on gas imports that could cost up to £180 per UK household a year

Proposed rules to block the installation of solar panels on land suitable for agriculture could see consumers billions of pounds worse off. Banning solar...

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Restricting infrastructure on farmland means electricity supply will need to be generated by more expensive methods, analysts claim.

ECIU estimates rolling out solar panels across the roofs of homes and commercial properties could yield enough power capacity to reduce average UK bills by £1,000 a year

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Decentralised methods of producing and distributing energy can wrest control from the hands of monopolistic oil and gas firms, who have made record profits during the cost of living crisis, placing power into the hands of local communities.

The UK has scrapped plans to impose a domestic energy levy for low-carbon hydrogen, placing the burden on businesses to drive the industry forward, boosting energy security and lowering bills.