In the Press

Gazette and Herald, Karen Darley, 21st July RYEDALE'S MP has expressed his concern over the scale and location of a proposed solar panel scheme near Old Malton. Kevin Hollinrake MP for Thirsk and Malton also said such schemes should not be located on the most versatile [...]

Corporation which owns farmland earmarked for solar farm defends controversial project The corporation which owns North Yorkshire farmland earmarked for a large solar farm has defended the controversial project, claiming it will bring “environmental and economic benefits”. Harmony Energy is planning to set up around 92,500 [...]

Gazette and Herald, Karen Darley, 9th July A FAMILY fighting to save half their farm from a solar energy scheme have said they are gaining support in their ‘David and Goliath’ fight. Robert and Emma Sturdy, who live on the 280-acre Eden Farm near Old Malton, [...]

Yorkshire Post, Nathan Hyde, 4th July A family fighting to save almost half of their North Yorkshire farm from being covered with thousands of solar panels say they are “gaining support” from the local community and refuse to be “railroaded”. Robert Sturdy, 50, and his wife, [...]

A family has been left devastated by the news that they could lose almost half their farm to a massive solar energy scheme. By Sarah Lyon Robert and Emma Sturdy, the third generation to farm 280-acre Eden Farm, near Old Malton in North Yorkshire, have launched [...]