Meta bought solar farm rights in SE IRL. To climate proof their data centres? Last wk I learned farmers can earn bet €1500-2000/ha for solar farms. Will draft policy to climate proof data centres mean a surge in land prices & ag change? www.rte.ie/radio/radio1... - ThreadSky

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naturenymph.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Meta bought solar farm rights in SE IRL. To climate proof their data centres? Last wk I learned farmers can earn bet €1500-2000/ha for solar farms. Will draft policy to climate proof data centres mean a surge in land prices & ag change?
https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22489276/

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sevenheads.bsky.social•5 days ago

No data on whether solar farms are good for farmland birds in Ireland?? Some positive reports in Britain

naturenymph.bsky.social•5 days ago

Not aware of data in IE Mark. Agree there are positives for birds. But lots of solar going in on tillage land and we need more tillage not less.

sevenheads.bsky.social•4 days ago

Agreed, loss of tillage is the main problem

naturenymph.bsky.social•4 days ago

And the amount of power data centres use is extremely high. If our renewable power is going to data centres = more renewables to power them and existing demand = more risk of impacts to birds onshore and offshore.

mickb290.bsky.social•4 days ago

Total Irish energy use is relatively static. Fossil based energy is not reducing at anything like the rate needed.
Data centres are gobbling up our new 'green power',ensuring we need to keep importing gas/oil.

Consumers are paying more and more.

We need cheap, clean, reliable energy.

#nuclear

mickb290.bsky.social•4 days ago

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