A PIONEERING "sun park" planned for Lincolnshire could be the first of its kind in the country.

Plans have been submitted for Britain's first solar park at Fen Farm, Conisholme, on land next to the 20-turbine wind farm.

Energy company Ecotricity wants to make renewable energy using sunlight. The planned solar park will have a capacity of 1MW of electricity.

This is enough to power about 500 homes. It will consist of 59 rows of south-facing solar panels on a 4.7 acre site.

If approved by planners at East Lindsey District Council, the park would take just 15 weeks to build.

Ecotricity bosses say the panels, unlike the wind turbines, will not be visible on the ground from any significant distance.

Spokesman Mike Cheshire said solar and wind energy technologies were complementary.

He said: "Sun parks are a common sight in other countries, such as Germany."