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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Government approval for large solar farm
A large solar farm in East Yorkshire has been given the go ahead by the government. The 3,155 acre (1,277 hectares) site will be built on land around Gribthorpe, Spaldington and Wressle and Howden. Its developers said it would produce 400 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 100,000 homes. One local protest group said there was "severe disappointment" that the site was approved. Due to the size of the scheme the planning application was handled by the Planning Inspectorate as it was classed as national infrastructure. A letter outlining the decision said that the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband "has concluded that the public benefits associated with the proposed development outweigh the harm identified, and that development consent should therefore be granted". The solar farm would connect to the National Grid at the Drax substation in North Yorkshire. Developer Boom Energy said it would plant additional trees and hedgerows and develop wildlife habitats across the site. George McManus, spokesman for East Riding Against Solar Expansion (ERASE), said the approval "brings us a step closer to enormous swathes of agricultural land being blanketed in a million, Chinese manufactured, solar panels." He added: "Other projects in the pipeline will see another 20,000 acres disappear under glass. "The East Riding is being industrialised and people need to wake up to that." Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here. Plans for 3,000-acre solar farm go on display Consultation over 3,000-acre solar farm plan East Yorkshire Solar Project ERASE - Facebook
BBC News
10-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Government approves large solar farm near Howden.
A large solar farm in East Yorkshire has been given the go ahead by the 3,155 acre (1,277 hectares) site will be built on land around Gribthorpe, Spaldington and Wressle and developers said it would produce 400 megawatts of electricity - enough to power 100,000 local protest group said there was "severe disappointment" that the site was approved. Due to the size of the scheme the planning application was handled by the Planning Inspectorate as it was classed as national infrastructure.A letter outlining the decision said that the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero Ed Miliband "has concluded that the public benefits associated with the proposed development outweigh the harm identified, and that development consent should therefore be granted".The solar farm would connect to the National Grid at the Drax substation in North Boom Energy said it would plant additional trees and hedgerows and develop wildlife habitats across the McManus, spokesman for East Riding Against Solar Expansion (ERASE), said the approval "brings us a step closer to enormous swathes of agricultural land being blanketed in a million, Chinese manufactured, solar panels."He added: "Other projects in the pipeline will see another 20,000 acres disappear under glass. "The East Riding is being industrialised and people need to wake up to that."Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
13-04-2025
- Health
- BBC News
University of Plymouth trial to treat long Covid symptoms
Researchers in Plymouth are working on a project searching for an effective treatment for the symptoms of long University of Plymouth (UoP) said it was part of the ERASE long Covid project, led by the University of Derby, which launched in September said more than 144 million people globally were living with long Covid with some people experiencing fatigue, breathlessness, palpitations and brain university said it was testing anti-viral medication, which is already used to treat patients with Covid-19 in hospital, on 72 long Covid sufferers to see if it could help alleviate their symptoms. 'Health and societal challenge' The researchers said because most people who contracted Covid-19 were not hospitalised with the condition, they did not have a way to access the anti-viral the study, managed by the Peninsula Clinical Trials Unit (PenCTU) at the university, would examine whether the medication could also alleviate the symptoms of long of the project, Mark Faghy, said: "The impact long Covid has on the lives of patients is huge. "For many, it can be debilitating, interfering with work, family life, and socialising, and millions are suffering across the world. Yet, at present, there are no confirmed treatments for the condition."Five years on from the start of the pandemic, long Covid remains a significant health and societal challenge, which is why this project is so important."
