{"id":6365,"date":"2022-12-16T07:23:31","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T07:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/?post_type=resource&#038;p=6365"},"modified":"2023-01-18T13:42:40","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T13:42:40","slug":"ground-mounted-solar-farms-and-agricultural-land-the-facts","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/resource\/ground-mounted-solar-farms-and-agricultural-land-the-facts\/","title":{"rendered":"Ground mounted solar farms and agricultural land: The Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"acf-block-spacer-block_c6b3d6e0b9e8a13f4e1f3689b5b137e5\" class=\"c-pt-5\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Claims that ground mounted solar farms jeopardise food security are false. The opposite is true, and this briefing explains the role of solar farms in supporting the food supply in Wales, as well as its contribution to wider economic and climate change objectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is intended to help members of the public, Senedd Members, MPs, planning officials and others with an interest in countryside management to understand how solar energy fits into Wales\u2019 land use needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The briefing looks at the relationship between ground mounted solar and land use and soils, energy costs and food security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>A welsh version of this briefing is available<a href=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/resource\/ffermydd-solar-wedi-ei-gosod-ar-y-ddaear-a-thir-amaethyddol-y-ffeithiau\/\"> here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"acf-block-spacer-block_4012f95c1af0aca87a2451b5fa617e91\" class=\"c-pt-4\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Wales-Briefing_2022.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Wales-Briefing-2022-_-Cover.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6368\" width=\"544\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Wales-Briefing-2022-_-Cover.png 1414w, https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Wales-Briefing-2022-_-Cover-1086x1536.png 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-button\">\n\t<a\n\t\thref=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Wales-Briefing_2022.pdf\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"btn btn-primary\"\n\t>\n\t\tDownload Briefing\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solar Energy UK is available to discuss the topics in this briefing at request.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6369,"template":"","resources_type":[9],"custom_tag":[],"class_list":["post-6365","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resources_type-briefing"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.5 (Yoast SEO v24.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ground mounted solar farms and agricultural land: The Facts &#8226; Solar Energy UK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/solarenergyuk.org\/resource\/ground-mounted-solar-farms-and-agricultural-land-the-facts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ground mounted solar farms and agricultural land: The Facts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Claims that ground mounted solar farms jeopardise food security are false. 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