Reader’s letter: Awaiting solar farm answers

I was interested to read in the Advertiser on May 9 that there is “support growing” for solar farm plans when following the item in your edition of April 4 it was suggested that questions could be sent to the Company at FREEPOST G N R Solar.

I wrote to them but did not receive any reply to the questions I posed.

Following earlier problems that I had in life it was suggested that one should accept nothing, belief no one and challenge everything. When firms don't reply it only adds to the suspicion that they are not telling those involved everything!

With other schemes in North Nottinghamshire and in Lincolnshire other proposals by such firms were announced in full page adverts. As they didn’t I asked about the previous experience that Elements Green had in the installation of similar solar farms, why they had chosen the area of Newark and Sherwood for this purpose and why, on what the outcome of using 7,000 acres of productive far land would have.

Next, I wondered who would actually benefit from this proposal since the storage system was closer to the Staythorpe Substation.

Given that this substation is closer to Radcliffe and SouthNottingham City perhaps it is they that will really benefit and certainly not Newark and Sherwood district.

I also wondered where Elements Green was based as a company, when they were formed and who their directors were.

Given the comments of May 9, what do they know about flood containment?

It is very clear from the overall scheme that it is too large, that it will impact greatly over all the rural communities in the areas concerned and impact on the narrow farm roads and the rural environment and its recreational facilities.

The only people to win if this project goes ahead will be the directors and company shareholders.

It will affect our food production and supplies and increase the cost of living for many people.

We all know that the current incumbents of the House of Commons have failed our farmers following Brexit and want to increase the imports of food that we should be growing ourselves.

There is far more to this project than they claim — yet another attack on those struggling to eat, keep warm and feed their children.

Yes, we need sustainable heating, but we also need sustainable food and everybody involved should query all of the problems that surround this proposal. — A. M. WADDINGTON, Sutton-on-Trent.