Representation by Richard Smith
- Date submitted
- 29 January 2022
- Submitted by
- Members of the public/businesses
My interest is that of a former farmer and committed environmentalist, who understands the need for this Country to achieve it's target to develop alternative methods of electricity generation, to meet carbon neutrality targets set by it's Government. I fully understand that the land involved was previously put to arable use, and the project has received objections from local farming interests. It must be possible to use solar panels with cells that have wider divisions between them, to allow some sunlight to pass through the panels without reducing the generating capacity, yet giving dappled light to the ground beneath. While the ground below could not be used for growing the original corn crops, for obvious reasons, it could be used for fruit crops such as raspberries and currants, or even root crops grown in straw bales.