{"id":278076,"date":"2023-05-19T10:14:16","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T10:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/?p=278076"},"modified":"2024-03-20T07:42:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T07:42:26","slug":"showcasing-sustainable-energy-local-mp-visits-bedfordshire-solar-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/uk\/news\/showcasing-sustainable-energy-local-mp-visits-bedfordshire-solar-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Showcasing sustainable energy – local MP visits Bedfordshire solar farm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Showcasing sustainable energy – local MP visits Bedfordshire solar farm <\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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As the urgency to combat climate change intensifies, governments around the world are taking decisive actions to transition towards a greener future. In the United Kingdom, the government has committed to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 and to decarbonise the electricity network by 2035. Lightsource bp is committed to enabling those targets for business, utilities and industry.<\/p>\n

We invited Andrew Selous MP (South West Bedfordshire) to visit our Manor Farm solar project, in his constituency, to provide a first-hand demonstration of how ground-mount solar is vital to meeting the UK\u2019s sustainability targets. On a typical bright if grey, and thankfully dry, May Day last week Mr Selous met five members of Lightsource bp staff, who took him on a guided tour of the project. Highlights included a visit to the bug hotels and insect refuges created by Lightsource bp staff to provide additional habitats for wildlife, and an impromptu photoshoot with the flock of sheep who call the solar farm their home.<\/p>\n

Manor Farm, a 7.4MWp solar project located in Eggington, Bedfordshire, generates enough renewable electricity to meet the equivalent energy needs of 2,045 households a year, and saves the same amount of carbon emissions annually as taking nearly 800 cars off the road. The project perfectly showcases the way in which solar can deliver a broad range of benefits beyond renewable energy \u2013 habitat enhancements designed to boost biodiversity and a project layout constructed to provide a safe, secure and sheltered environment for grazing livestock, allowing the land to retain an agricultural use as well as generating electricity.<\/p>\n

We were proud to show Mr Selous the project, and to demonstrate the role that ground-mount solar plays in meeting the \u201ctrilemma\u201d currently facing the UK \u2013 energy security, cost of living crisis and climate change.<\/p>\n\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Find out more about our UK projects<\/h2>\n
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We\u2019re developing sustainable solar projects across the UK, to accelerate our country\u2019s transition to a low carbon future through clean and affordable solar power. With every project in our portfolio, we\u2019re committed to making meaningful contributions to environmental, economic and social sustainability.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n

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Read more Lightsource bp news<\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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13 Feb, 2026<\/p>\n \n

Hett Moor Solar Farm awarded a contract in UK AR7 renewables auction<\/h5>\n <\/a>\n

Lightsource bp has been awarded a Contract for Difference (CfD) for Hett Moor Solar Farm in the UK Government\u2019s latest renewables auction, AR7.<\/p>\n

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26 Jan, 2026<\/p>\n \n

Farming and energy – working side by side<\/h5>\n <\/a>\n

Sheep grazing on solar farms combines agriculture with solar electricity generation, enabling livestock to graze and crops to grow alongside and beneath solar panels.<\/p>\n

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21 Jan, 2026<\/p>\n \n

Exploring cutting-edge AgriPV innovations during site visits in Austria<\/h5>\n <\/a>\n

Deepening our understanding of how solar energy and agriculture can sustainably coexist at scale by learning from pioneering projects across Austria.<\/p>\n

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