IT is understandable that people are nervous about solar farms, but a pity so few attended the open day at the BElectric Willersey solar farm on July 4.

If they had, they would have learned much about how solar farms can blend into the community.

The Willersey farm covers 23 acres and has more than 40,000 panels but is well-screened from local roads and houses.

Schoolchildren are planting wildflowers for the beehives on site and there are plans to grow organic vegetables between the panel arrays.

Soon local residents may be able to invest in the farm and receive a guaranteed income.

Kate Collingwood in her letter (Journal, July 3) refers to the effect of the proposed Lilworth farm panels on the view over the Combertons from Bredon Hill.

However, the Willersey farm uses matt panels and a local resident told me from the hill above Willersey Vale greenhouses stand out far more than the panels because they don’t reflect the light.

We are now experiencing what will probably be the warmest year yet, and still carbon emissions continue to rise.

Kate is right to say there should be solar panels in industrial areas and on the top of factories (and houses), but this won’t be enough.

Solar farms need good screening, matt panels and continued agricultural use of the land beneath panels. Then the Vale can become a great source of clean energy as well as the food we need to feed our people.

David Haslam

Evesham