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Approving over 150 solar farms and 28 onshore-wind projects and ending the onshore-wind ban directly accelerates UK renewable buildout.
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UK approves 134 solar farms and 28 onshore wind projects under Miliband
In February 2025, UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband awarded consumer-funded contracts to 134 new solar farms across England plus a further 23 in Wales and Scotland, and approved 28 large onshore-wind projects, mainly in Scotland and Wales. The approvals followed Labour's lifting of the de facto onshore-wind ban in England and formed part of the government's clean-power mission to triple solar, double onshore wind and quadruple offshore wind by 2030. Analysts cautioned that some targets, particularly offshore wind, remain at risk.
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In February 2025, UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband awarded consumer-funded contracts to 134 new solar farms across England plus a further 23 in Wales and Scotland, and approved 28 large onshore-wind projects, mainly in Scotland and Wales. The approvals followed Labour's lifting of the de facto onshore-wind ban in England and formed part of the government's clean-power mission to triple solar, double onshore wind and quadruple offshore wind by 2030. Analysts cautioned that some targets, particularly offshore wind, remain at risk.
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