Solar panels get €1,000/acre so what’s the catch?

The term NIMBY can distract from what is in my opinion a very real issue. Primetime had a house in Meath last month literally surrounded by solar, the couple had moved out to green pastures and the only mistake they made was not owning the land around them. Now they're looking to sell with no callers.

Seperately, farmers can't compete with energy money for leased land, farmers lose out while prime agricultural land becomes an industrial estate locked away for a lifetime / eternity. A few years back a solar company near me bought land from under the nose of a long term lease, farmer only found out after the deal was done. No honest farmer would ever conduct business this way, yet a faceless entity can run down the farmer without consequences, they had the security fence and cameras up in no time anyway.

These private opportunitistic companies are in it exclusively for their own gain and will completely blacken communities if regulations aren't developed. Many don't engage with the community as same Primetime episode showed; "it's unfortunate that the community don't want us there" was the comment by the developer.

If the country used these Apple billions to get solar grants on housing and businesses, we'd be much better off.

the land grabbing pricks coolmore are trying to set up solar farms now too.

Yea, €1300/acre plus €100/acre if we graze it with sheep index linked

To be able to get 75000 after tax in my case is very appealing, It'll put the dairy leases under pressure if they want the land around here if two solar companies cover 700 acres

If the farmer maintains the land , possibly at an extra charge , by running sheep or calves , is he or she still farming the land for inheritance tax purposes,

Also if a farmer is getting 1500 quid an acre on say a 200 acre farm , he can afford a good accountant , which will probably help soften the blow ..

Neighbou

Neighbours had a petition going again one here. Solar panels make ideal neighbours if u ask me, they are there for the next 35 years. I'd prefer it to 1000 more new houses going in , roads clogged, 5 or 10% scumbags, more dumping etc.

Think the UK has banned them from good land now.

Sent an email today to a local company to see if they were interested in me providing vegetation management with the sheep for a new pv they have installed. Be interesting to see if they respond.

I'll be interested to see how you get on - some big ones going in around my home place near Naas, Kildare and I'm assuming the wooly lawnmowers will be maintaining them

Going by a locally planned Solar Farm to me. You will be allowed 2.5 sheep per hectare in the month of March each year when you read the finer details of the proposed development!!