✔ Unused space in cities can be used for urban solar farms
✔ It'd take 4.6 million solar panels to power London
✔ People who can't install solar panels can access solar power with urban solar farms
Solar farms have the potential to power our homes using only the light from the sun, making them eco-friendly alternatives to power stations using polluting fossil fuels.
They're still a contentious issue for some though because they typically take up a lot of green space and can be considered a blight on the landscape.
It makes you wonder why we don't see more urban areas converted into solar farms. Think about all the abundant car parks we could cover with solar panels to power nearby homes.
To answer this, we've discussed below why we should convert more urban areas to solar farms, why rural solar farms are controversial, the pros and cons of urban solar farms, and whether other countries are converting urban areas into solar farms.
