Reform UK said: “For far too long, successive Plaid-backed Labour governments have ignored the views of local residents and have obsessed over net zero targets.
“Reform will ban new solar farms, using ministerial call-in powers to end the damage being done to communities and our productive arable land.”
Plaid Cymru said renewable projects were key to making Wales an “energy independent nation”.
“We will require greater community-ownership of energy projects as a key condition of consent, and ensure business rates on wind and solar farms are retained in the local authorities in which they are located, whilst also protecting high-quality agricultural land from being lost to large-scale, excessive solar developments.
“We are serious about the green transition, but it can only be achieved by bringing communities along with us – by ensuring they see more of the benefits from renewables, and their fair share of the profits too.”
The Welsh Conservatives promised to put a moratorium on “industrial-scale solar developments to protect the countryside from inappropriate large-scale projects”, while ensuring future infrastructure was better planned and supported by communities.
“We recognise the important role renewable energy can play, yet too often, local people feel decisions are being imposed on them without proper consideration.”
Welsh Labour said clean, homegrown energy would bring skilled jobs and lower energy bills.
“We set a legally binding target of 100% of electricity demand to be met by renewable sources by 2035.
“We will ensure that renewable energy projects benefit the communities that host them, and that they work to protect Wales from unstable global energy markets.”
The Welsh Liberal Democrats said: “Wales needs clean energy, but right now it feels like a free for all, with the Welsh government failing to plan and leaving communities boxed in while projects are waved through.”
The party said there was a better way, focusing on offshore wind and tidal power, driving rooftop solar energy on homes and buildings, and “working with communities, not against them”, while backing farmers to generate their own energy.
The Wales Green Party said called for the acceleration of the transition to renewables and “clean, safe, resilient and community-owned energy system that tackles climate change while reducing fuel poverty and creating skilled jobs across Wales”.