“The Desecration of Devon: The Duchess of Cornwall’s son-in-law has just developed this 50-acre, 25-year, solar farm. And through green levies on your power bills, YOU are paying for it… £430,000 every year Harry Lopes’ company developed 50-acre solar panel farm on ridge in Devon Camilla’s son-in-law will be paid undisclosed sums from … [Read more…]
“When complete, the 7.5 MW solar plant will generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of approximately 2,100 average homes annually. Bristol-based chartered surveyor and property consultancy Sanderson Weatherall has helped secure planning permission for a solar park at the Ashcombe Estate, near Dawlish, Devon on behalf of Solstice Renewables. The overall site area … [Read more…]
“For the past 15 years, Nick King has enjoyed watching the warm glow of sunset from his cottage window. The father-of-three and his partner Sue have an uninterrupted view across open countryside towards a copse and a village church. In summer, hot-air balloons occasionally cross the horizon, to the delight of the couple’s daughter … [Read more…]
“The son-in-law of Camilla Parker-Bowles has seen his company accused of “misleading” planning officials in an attempt to secure permission for a 40-acre solar park. Harry Lopes’ company Solstice Renewables has applied to build the panels, which would generate 8.5 megawatts of energy, on a plot of green belt land near Knebworth in Hertfordshire. … [Read more…]
“Campaigners against a solar farm have made an appeal to the Duchess of Cornwall to stop the project after it emerged her son-in-law is a director of the firm behind the scheme. Opponents of the 40-acre renewable energy project in rural Hertfordshire claim that the solar panels spread across fields to harvest the sun’s … [Read more…]