Furious locals say huge solar farm will 'massively disrupt wildlife'

'Preposterous!' Furious locals in quiet village fear 'toxic gasses' over plans for HUGE net zero lithium battery site

Locals in the Yorkshire village where Guy Fawkes once lived have expressed their fears for a "toxic" new lithium battery site - just yards from the local primary school.Residents in the picturesque Yorkshire village of Scotton have expressed outrage at plans for a substantial 266-acre Percy Beck solar farm with connected lithium-ion battery energy storage systems.The lithium-ion batteries are designed to store electricity generated from renewabl…

Detroit's top lawyer says solar farm land collection going 'swimmingly'

Welcome back. I’m still Malachi Barrett. Detroit has acquired all of the nearly 1,000 properties needed to install the first round of solar panel fields in blighted neighborhoods.Corporation Counsel Conrad Mallett updated the City Council on how the city collected sites through a combination of buyouts, lawsuits and property transfers from the Detroit Land Bank Authority. Mallett said, “This process has worked swimmingly,” despite concerns from …

Furious locals say huge solar farm will 'massively disrupt wildlife'

The locals are concerned about the industrialisation of the landscape, flooding, noise and the effect on wildlife in an area which is a haven for bats and buzzards