A ground-based solar park offers opportunities to enhance the environment around it through appropriate mitigation measures. Preservation of the land through low disturbance of the ground is only one side of the coin. With a solar farm, the opportunity to plant a species-rich mix of grassland arises. This not only enhances the biodiversity of the terrain, which is usually comprised of a poor grassland monoculture, but it provides foraging opportunities for animals in the surrounding ecosystem. This also applies to the vegetation around the solar park, such as hedges and trees, which are more sensibly managed providing additional shelter for the local fauna and flora.
Renewable energies are becoming an integral part of the English landscape and its society, and its depolyment will increase even more in the future. Having a solar farm fully integrated into the landscape not only has the benefit of locally produced green electricity, but it provides the surrounding community with a sense of pride thanks to their active contribution to the national goals of clean energy generation.
We look forward to hearing your suggestions and comments on how to best integrate the solar park into the proposed setting.
