On one side, solar farms are a renewable resource source that can supply profitable earnings stream for farmers, can run along with animals and will just cover ‘a fifth of 1pc’ of Irish farmland by 2030. On the other they are eyesores that use up prime farmland, sound the ‘death knell’ for towns and mainly advantage faceless corporations
Supporters state solar farms provide a more eco-friendly source of power than nonrenewable fuel sources, which would assist Ireland reach its environment modification objectives
Massive solar farms are making their existence felt throughout the nation and with hundreds more in the pipeline it is hoped that this renewable resource source will supply adequate ‘tidy electrical power’ for as much as 8m homes by 2030.
In many circumstances, these advancements cover numerous acres of prime farming land– it is prepared for that by the end of this years, around 25,000 a/c of Irish farmland will be utilized for solar farms.