Nearly 200 campaigners gathered last weekend to fight in Great Mouton to learn about the ‘overwhelming’ influx of solar farm projects

Nearly 200 campaigners gathered last weekend to fight - and learn about - the ‘overwhelming’ influx of solar farm projects.

The Block East Pye Solar Group arranged an ‘awareness walk’ in Great Moulton on Sunday.

It saw people take to the roads, bridlepaths and lanes around the village, many wearing red to show solidarity, carrying placards and displaying a four metre high mock-up solar panel, while playing the sound of transformers from a broadcast van.

The walk lasted one hour and was designed to raise awareness of the Island Green Power plan for East Pye Solar Farm, on land close to Long Stratton.

This would mean solar panels clustered along the A140, running through a number of parishes, including Great Moulton, Hempnall, Wacton, Tasburgh, Tharston and Topcroft.

The Great Moulton campaigners are also concerned about another scheme by Field Energy for battery storage on land north of Carr Lane.

Campaigner Selina Westcott said: “It went very well and people were shocked by the overwhelming size of the plans, the transformer noise and also to learn that the solar panels would be motorised, causing significant noise disruption”