Oliver Coppard Joins Objections to 1,100-Hectare South Yorkshire Solar Farm

Oliver Coppard joins objections to 1,100-hectare South Yorkshire solar farm

Whitestone Solar Farm would be one of the largest in the UK

News: South Yorkshire Mayor: "Whitestone is the wrong scheme"

Oliver Coppard, the mayor of South Yorkshire says that he is convinced that plans for a massive solar farm that could take up acres of green belt land in Rotherham "is the wrong scheme." Rothbiz reported last year on early stage plans being updated for Whitestone Solar Farm - a generating station with an estimated capacity of up to 750MW connecting to the National Grid Brinsworth Substation in Rotherham. Initial consultation documents from solar…