Farmers and local residents are angry over plans for a 125,000 panel solar farm near Carland Cross

Farmers protest against solar farm plans

Controversial plans to build a large solar farm on land near Watchet have been refused by Somerset Council.

Controversial plans for Somerset solar farm in refused

If approved, Jersey Electricity says the solar arrays would increase energy security and still allow the land to be maintained for agricultural use.

The council says that more evidence is needed to prove the site in Cambridgeshire is the right place for the huge development

The islands have the highest level of fuel poverty in the UK.

The plans will see 100,000 households receive panels over the next 18 months, reducing their energy bills to an average of £240.

Comedian Griff Rhys-Jones is among those opposed to plans to build a 94 acre solar farm in the heart of the Suffolk countryside.

A plane that is powered by sunlight and uses no fuel has begun its attempt to travel across the United States.