SIR — I was very disappointed when reading your lead report in last week's Free Press to see another raft of people objecting to another solar farm.

We all want cheaper, cleaner electricity so what can be better than solar power?

Installation of the panels causes minimum disruption, there are no convoys of large lorries for weeks on end.

When in place there is no noise, smell or any other form of pollution - what could be greener than that?

Okay, some may find the reflection from the sun on the panels unsightly for a while, but this is no worse than, say, a farmer's field full of plastic sheeting or the roofs of a caravan site.

The simple fact is we cannot meet the ever-growing needs for electricity, with more electric cars, further electrification of the railways and our array of electrical gadgets in the home.

We are even now importing electricity from abroad, and if the generating problem is not addressed now, in the next ten years we may well be facing random power cuts or maybe even a few days a week with now power at all.

Major generating projects take up to ten years to complete, as is the case of Hinkley C, so tidal barrages or wave generators or any other form of green energy programmes are still a decade away.

Solar power and wind farms for that matter are at best only a stop gap with a 15 to 20 year life span whilst major generating plants are built.

Now if you really want something to object to, wait until the government decides to pollute our beautiful rivers and streams with its new pet fossil fuel scheme fracking!

John Boyce,