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Solar - Videos
This animated film demonstrates the need to protect the long term carbon stored in soils and...
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Andrew Ingram, a farmer from Oxfordshire, installed one of the first on-farm solar PV systems in...
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Solar - Recent News
All press releases from Farming Futures are listed below. Please get in touch with us if you have a media enquiry. We can put you in touch with industry experts, provide farmer case studies across England, and give comment and opinion on stories.
Tue, 07/12/2010 - 12:04
PRESS RELEASE
7th December 2010
Over 80% of farms want solar PV on their roofs by 2013
A recent survey has found that 80% of farmers in the UK want to have solar photovoltaics on their roofs within the next three years. Carried out by Forum for the...
Thu, 18/11/2010 - 12:37
18th November 2010
Farmers flock to Glastonbury to see new solar barn
Farmers are queuing up to see Glastonbury’s new solar barn, hoping to replicate the installation on their own properties, and on Tuesday Farming Futures helped 80 of them do...
Solar - Blogs
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Solar
Photovoltaics (PV) is the term used for any technology related to the use of solar cells to convert sunlight to electricity. Photovoltaic production has been doubling every two years, increasing by an average of 48% each year since 2002, making it the world’s fastest-growing energy technology.
Further information:
- See our Focus on Solar Pv factsheet
- Click here to read Sam Usiskin's presentation on solar pv for farmers given at the 'Business case for renewable energy workshop' on 2nd December 2009
- The British Photovoltaic Association Tel: 01908 442291
- The Centre for Alternative Technology Tel: 01645 705950
- Energy Saving Trust Tel: 020 7222 0101
- Solar Century: www.solarcentury.co.uk
Click here for Solar Century's overview of FiTs and Solar PV.
Our brand new solar factsheet will be available in October - please check back here to download or contact us to request a paper copy.
Solar - Factsheets
This factsheet provides an introduction to some of the issues that are going to be a significant part of the future of UK farming. It outlines some of the headline challenges that we are going to have to deal with, but also the...
Ideas on mitigating climate change.
‘Solar farming’ is on the rise as technology, economics and environmental issues drive renewable energy generation. To meet our future needs we need to harness energy from a range of renewable sources and the sun is one of the most...Solar - Case Studies
Rob and Emma diversified part of their farm in early 2009 to allow school children and other groups to visit the farm and learn about the...
When Mike retired from dairy farming, he started making the famous Cornish Yarg cheese, which has a unique taste from being covered in nettles. In...
Gareth Williams runs a mixed farm in the Hereford countryside. After installing renewable energy on his own farm and realising the opportunities it...