“Primrose Solar has acquired a new 5MW solar farm site in Leicestershire from Solstice Renewables as the company moves north in search of better grid connections. The farm, located near Ashby-de-la-Zouch, was granted planning consent in September 2015 and was intended to be a split in two, with a second 1MW farm to be community … [Read more…]
“Primrose Solar announced it has acquired 5MW Ashby Solar Farm in Leicestershire from Solstice Renewables. Construction of the project will start immediately. ET Solutions has been appointed as EPC. The project will generate enough electricity to supply the equivalent of 1,500 typical homes and to save around 2,150 tons of carbon dioxide a year. … [Read more…]
“A consultation is to be held over the proposals for Hay Head Farm in Longwood Lane, near Daisy Bank. The development by Wiltshire-based Solstice Renewables will generate enough electricity to power around 1,500 homes and save approximately 2,150 tons of carbon dioxide. A consultation event for residents to share their views will take place … [Read more…]
“Solstice Renewables, which is seeking to build a 40-acre solar panel farm at Swangleys Farm, has offered more than £212,000 over 25 years to three parish councils. The councils in Datchworth, Knebworth and Woolmer Green would receive proportional shares of the cash each year. Datchworth Parish Council Clerk Wendy Prowle said this could sway … [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…]
“A family whose house would be “surrounded” if a proposed solar farm is built claim it will create a blot on the landscape. Nick King, his wife Sye Bybrow and their three children live in a cottage in Bragbury Lane, Knebworth, next to where a 50-acre solar farm could be built by Solstice Renewables. … [Read more…]
“He is revered as a champion of the countryside and his River Cottage television series idealises rural living. But Old Etonian chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s sister Sophy has enraged locals in Hertfordshire with plans to build a 40-acre solar farm in the county. Sophy, who has been described as a ‘solar panel zealot’, is a press … [Read more…]
“MORE solar power could be heading for Hampshire – and the company behind the latest scheme claims nearby communities will benefit from the project. Wiltshire-based Solstice Renewables Ltd has announced plans for what it describes as a “medium size” solar farm just east of Romsey. Around 32,000 solar panels will be installed on land … [Read more…]
“PLANS for a new solar park on land in Verwood have been submitted to the district council. The proposals would see the construction of a site covering 113 acres, with approximately 81,400 panels, capable of generating enough electricity to power most of the homes in the town. The application for the park at Manor … [Read more…]