{"id":307686,"date":"2023-08-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/?p=307686"},"modified":"2024-07-02T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:54:10","slug":"inspiring-the-future-students-tour-welsh-solar-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/uk\/news\/inspiring-the-future-students-tour-welsh-solar-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring the future \u2013 students tour Welsh solar farm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week, members of the Lightsource bp team were excited to welcome a group of young people to our Maes Bach solar farm in South Wales. The group was taking part in a programme, run in conjunction with the Celtic English Academy and AFS – an international youth exchange organisation – to empower students from diverse backgrounds across the world to follow STEM study paths. The programme brings selected individuals on a roadshow across the UK to meet with professionals (scientists, engineers, and so on) to help spark interest in the careers of the future. As part of our drive to lead the solar industry forwards, in the UK and beyond, Lightsource bp takes great pride in taking part in programmes such as the AFS Innovators initiative, and as a company as well as individuals we valued the chance to speak to the next generation of big thinkers.<\/p>\n

We had good weather, with a slight breeze amid a week of blistering sunshine, and split into two groups to walk through the site. The students received first-hand accounts of how solar panels work, as well as an introduction to the importance of renewables to the UK energy mix, and a whistle-stop tour of the solar development process. We answered questions about around choosing sites for solar, health and safety on our projects, and stopped time and time again to take photos with the sheep grazing in and around the panels.<\/p>\n

It was a pleasure for our team to spend the afternoon showing off the work we do, with the hopes of inspiring a new generation of STEM experts to join the solar and renewables industry.<\/p>\n\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\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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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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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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