{"id":427905,"date":"2024-10-08T08:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/?p=427905"},"modified":"2024-10-08T08:52:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T08:52:03","slug":"game-changers-for-farming-and-for-energy-lightsource-bp-sponsors-farmers-weekly-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandbox.lightsourcebp.com\/uk\/news\/game-changers-for-farming-and-for-energy-lightsource-bp-sponsors-farmers-weekly-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Changers for farming, and for energy \u2013 Lightsource bp sponsors Farmers Weekly Awards\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Game Changers for farming, and for energy \u2013 Lightsource bp sponsors Farmers Weekly Awards <\/h1>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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For the second year running, Lightsource bp has sponsored the Farmers Weekly Awards.<\/p>\n

This ongoing partnership is an important part of Lightsource bp\u2019s commitment to the agricultural sector, and to furthering the energy transition in the UK. For the past two years we\u2019ve supported numerous Farmers Weekly initiatives aimed at progressing UK farming towards a more sustainable future, working on from both perspectives to deliver sustainable renewable energy while supporting individual farming businesses and the industry as a whole.<\/p>\n

This year we sponsored the brand new Game Changers award, created to mark the 20th anniversary of the flagship Farmers Weekly Awards. The initiative aims to recognise that farming\u2019s success is built on collaboration with a whole host of affiliated industries that help food producers continuously improve and keep the nation fed, making it the ideal award for a Lightsource bp sponsorship.<\/p>\n

The Farmers Weekly Awards are the most prestigious awards in the agriculture industry, recognising farmers’ achievements across the country, and as a company dedicated to working with farmers and landowners, we were delighted to take part again.<\/p>\n

In many ways, the success of British solar depends on British farming, and this has been true since the early days of the industry. Ground mounted solar development relies heavily on farmers and landowners, and so it has always made sense for Lightsource bp to support not just individual farmers and businesses that lease land to our projects, but the farming industry in its entirety.<\/p>\n

Part of how we do that is by supporting events and entities that highlight and celebrate the farming industry, and this year Declan Keiley, our Head of Business Development for UK and Ireland, was pleased to do so by presenting the Game Changers Award to Rob Shepherd, an eco-system service provider from Hampshire. In an age when society demands ever more from farmers, Rob is helping to ensure growers and livestock producers are fairly rewarded for looking after the environment \u2013 as well for producing food, and is a very well-deserved winner of this award.<\/p>\n\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Becoming a solar landowner <\/h2>\n
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Allocating a portion of your land to lease for a solar farm opens up a diversified and dependable income stream. Take a look to see if a solar lease with Lightsource bp could work for your business.<\/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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