Wasteland investment in solar power plants

Should waste-degraded land be used for solar parks?

The government policy mostly emphasizes the use of waste-degraded land for solar parks. In a competitive energy market, any attempt to use waste-degraded land parcels, without policy regulatory support, can bring large-scale disruptions in the quality and cost of power.

Will a £20m solar farm transform a village into an 'industrial wasteland'?

Village residents feared that the £20M solar farm development would turn their countryside into an 'industrial wasteland'. However, councillors have refused the plan.

How does government intervention affect the solar PV waste reverse supply chain?

When the investment cost is low, both the formal processor and competing collectors will reach a stable partnership in capacity matching. Second, the effects of government intervention on the solar PV waste reverse supply chain are closely related to the formal processor’s capacity investment costs.

What is the PV waste collection model?

Because of the collection market’s low threshold, the model consisted of a formal processor and two competing collectors, where the formal processor invests in recycling capacity and recovery of PV waste, and the collectors are responsible for PV waste collecting.

What should the government do about waste land?

The agreed feed-in-tariffs should be in proportionate to the investments made in using the waste land parcels. The government should rekindle schemes, such as accelerated depreciation and generation-based incentives, to promote the use of waste/degraded land for the solar park.

Can a solar park be built in a peri-urban area?

While the government mandates the use of wasteland for the solar park, multiple factors have prompted grid-integrated, ground-mounted solar projects to conceive in either agricultural lands, peri-urban, or near the urban periphery.