️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️  It is an English landscape of quintessential beauty, whose many shades of green contrast sharply with the red, loamy soil: a place of steep, broad hills and ancient stone churches, where magnificent open vistas stretch from the crags of Dartmoor to the sea at Dawlish. South East Devon has inspired many writers, such as Thomas Hardy, Michael Morpurgo and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Thanks to a company controlled by Harry Lopes, the former underwear model who is the son-in-law of the Duchess of Cornwall, running along the road at the top of the Ridge for close to a mile is the edge of a giant 50-acre solar panel energy farm.<unk> <unk> <unk> Eyesore: The 50-acre solar farm on Haldon Ridge lies on an official Area of Great Landscape Value. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Mr Lopes and his colleagues <unk> who include spokeswoman Sophy Fearnley-Whittingstall, sister of the TV chef and River Cottage author Hugh <unk> developed the farm and got it through the planning process. They have now sold their interest to sister company Belltown Power.<unk> They have now sold their interest to sister company Belltown Power. Belltown and Solstice share the same investor, Berti Investments, while <unk>green<unk> financier Seth Tabatznik is a director of all three firms. Without the huge subsidies added to consumers' bills, the solar panel business would not be profitable. Without the huge subsidies added to consumers' bills, the solar panel business would not be profitable. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk>
Harry Lopes' company developed 50-acre solar panel farm on Ridge in Devon.<unk> ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ Scheme's value is thanks to green levies.<unk> Scheme's value is thanks to green levies. ️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️<unk>️ <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> <unk> Total annual income will be £ 770,000 of which £ 430,000 is green subsidies.