The #AskEd – 10 Days to Come Clean campaign is a nationwide social media initiative launched by the Stop Oversized Solar (SOS) coalition — a network of more than twenty rural campaign groups, including Kingsway Solar Community Action (KSCA).
Together, they represent communities across England and Wales who are raising serious questions about how the UK’s solar energy strategy is being developed, communicated and imposed.
The aim of the campaign
The campaign calls on Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, and the UK Government to answer ten uncomfortable, but essential questions about the country’s solar policy.
Its purpose is to:
- Raise awareness about the serious questions/flaws relating to UK renewable energy policy and strategy
- Raise awareness of the risks and impacts of the new-breed, mass scale ground mounted solar developments on UK farmland
- Influence media to hold UK policymakers to account for their energy policies and strategies
Timed to coincide with COP30, the campaign keeps the spotlight on how Britain’s rural communities are being left out of national energy decisions.
The 10 questions
Over ten days, we will post one question a day across X (Twitter), Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and TikTok — each demanding honesty and accountability over the government’s solar plans.
The questions are:
1️⃣ Why make giant solar farms the top choice when the UK’s climate ranks among the worst for solar power?
2️⃣ Why rely on outdated claims that only 0.1% of UK land is used for solar?
3️⃣ Why not walk the boundary of a proposed mega solar site and see its true scale?
4️⃣ Why don’t the solar-generation numbers add up?
5️⃣ Why are developers profiting while their projects are branded as “climate action”?
6️⃣ Why are there still no safety standards for huge lithium-ion battery sites near our homes?
7️⃣ Why allow unsafe battery technology that benefits developers more than the grid?
8️⃣ Why approve massive sites like Tillbridge despite links to forced labour in the supply chain?
9️⃣ Why not be honest about the temporary nature of most solar construction jobs?
🔟 Why push this solar strategy when even your own MPs are speaking out against it?
Each question exposes a serious flaw: from misleading data and weak oversight to developer power, lack of safety regulation, and the systematic sidelining of rural communities.
Why it matters
The #AskEd campaign is not anti-solar and not anti-renewables. Together we believe in a clean energy future, but one that doesn’t sacrifice high-grade farmland, rural livelihoods and biodiversity in the name of short-term political or corporate gain.
By demanding straight answers and honest data, KSCA and the SOS coalition aim to ensure that the UK’s energy transition is built on truth, transparency and trust — not silence, spin and sidelined communities.
Follow the campaign:
#AskEd #10DaysToComeClean #StopOversizedSolar