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In this video, see firsthand how solar is helping revive the American sheep industry, as American farm families are supported through #solar sheep grazing. 🌱🐑 Solar grazing provides business growth opportunities and access to land for local farm families, serving as an added, steady revenue stream in addition to raising sheep for lamb and wool.  Solar grazing also enhances the environment. Rotational grazing keeps #biodiversity in balance as sheep "mow” the land under and around solar panels, leaving behind their waste, adding nutrient-rich organic matter back into the soil. As the sheep graze, invasive weeds are eaten away, making room for more beneficial, native plants. 🌿🌼 By integrating sustainable practices with solar energy, we are making way for a brighter future for communities and for the planet. 🌎 #SolarGrazing #Agrivoltaics #Agriculture #ResponsibleSolar #Biodiversity #Sustainability #EmpoweringCommunities #CleanEnergy 

“It’s just a huge, huge opportunity and it’s going to drastically change the economics of our farm.” 🌿 Solar provides new opportunities for local farming families to add and diversify their revenue stream. ☀️ At our Honeysuckle Solar farm in Indiana, we are forming partnerships to incorporate sheep grazing as a #sustainable approach to vegetation management and agriculture integration. 🌱🐑  Our #solar grazing partner, Greg Gunthrop, shares more on the benefits of solar grazing in the video below. ⬇️ To learn more about Honeysuckle Solar visit: https://lnkd.in/gYMvFmZu #Agrivoltaics #ResponsibleSolar #HoneysuckleSolar #EmpoweringCommunities #IndianaSolar

Lightsource bp’s teams have been on the road throughout Q2 participating in number of opportunities to share our knowledge, engage with local stakeholders and celebrate some of our own milestones along the way too. 🎓 🎊    We participated in significant events like the Agrivoltaics World Conference in Denver, where Lexie Hain, Director of Agrivoltaics and Land Management for Lightsource bp in the US sat on the conference’s scientific committee. We also hosted a technical workshop in Madrid with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy, focusing on integrating agriculture with solar operations. 🚜 🌞  Additionally, we continued our sponsorship of the Badminton Horse Trials in the UK, highlighting our commitment to rural economies. We celebrated the opening of our new office in Warsaw and partnered with the British Embassy in the Netherlands to mark King Charles III's birthday. 🐴🏢👑 Learn more about our exciting activities and milestones here: https://lnkd.in/e7X6Tn-W    #WeAreLightsourcebp #RenewableEnergy #SolarPower #Agrivoltaics 

2023 was a record-breaking year for corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) from #solar and wind projects and momentum continuing to build. 🔌🏭    Zosia Riesner, Lightsource bp’s Director of Power Markets for Europe, recently appeared as the guest on the Interconnections podcast, produced by the #renewableenergy project data and intelligence service NPM Europe (New Project Media). Zosia discussed the growing demand for corporate buyers with another record year expected in 2024. “The top buyers are often in technology and heavy industry, but we’re seeing more [interest] from less recognisable organisations. These might not be very large global businesses or consumer brands but smaller organisations, universities, the public sector and transportation. There’s a huge range of different types of buyers.” ⚡    Listen to the whole episode to hear Zosia’s full conversation with Peter Kneller: https://lnkd.in/efeExUuM   #WeAreLightsourcebp #SolarPower #ThoughtLeadership #PPAs #Electrification 

Our Lightsource bp legal team was recently ‘Highly Commended’ at The Lawyer Awards 2024! 🏆     Placing second in the ‘In-House Commerce and Industry Team of the Year’ Award, the competition was tough, and we are incredibly proud of our brilliant team members. 🥳      Congratulations to all the winners and the nominees of #TheLawyerAwards2024. What a fantastic achievement and a wonderful way to recognise the hard work and dedication of all the nominated teams involved. Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/ecZ2Gq2N   #WeAreLightsourcebp #Solar #SolarEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Renewables #Legal #Awards 

Scaling up rapidly in the energy transition is both a challenge and a privilege for @Lightsourcebp ☀️     Artificial intelligence is playing an important role in supporting that scaling up of the renewable energy industry. 💡     AI is helping Lightsource bp to work smarter and harder. This can mean doing the simple things faster or, in many cases, finding brand new solutions. One example is in the US where AI is used to tilt solar panels to mitigate the risk of hailstorm damage, and another example is in Australia, where AI forecasts short-term solar irradiance and power generation, helping to improve grid stability. 🌎     AI can also be used to identify and assess potential sites for renewable energy projects by analysing various factors such as land availability, resource potential, environmental impact, grid connection and economic viability.     Learn more about our innovative AI solutions here: https://lnkd.in/eNpWV8VT     #WeAreLightsourcebp #Solar #SolarEnergy #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #Innovation #AI 

Lightsource bp is dedicated to a clean and sustainable future, and our 2023 Sustainability Report highlights our commitments and progress. 🌍 🌞 We have developed 8.8GW of solar assets to date and have a pipeline of projects totalling more than 60GW. In 2023, we generated over 3.7TWh of renewable energy, avoiding estimated emissions of over 2,300,000 tCO2e associated with global energy generation. We also began construction on our first utility-scale battery storage project and have a further 1.3GW of energy storage projects in our pipeline. ⚡🏭🔋 We have been working closely with our suppliers to boost our due diligence and supply chain ESG maturity, while also updating our own greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction efforts and presented intensity-based metrics for the first time. 📊🌿 Our culture, core values and team members drive our success, and we undertook our first company-wide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion survey to identify areas where we excel and our top opportunities for action. 🤝 We are focused on supporting long-term sustainable growth and strengthening the resilience of the world around us. Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e-tbWihG #Sustainability #CleanEnergy #SolarPower #RenewableEnergy #EnvironmentalStewardship #Innovation #EnergyStorage 

Lightsource bp celebrates #InternationalMensHealthWeek and every day with our Be You guides, designed to provide support to our team members at any stage of life as well as providing mindfulness and mental health resources. ☀️ We care deeply about creating a safe and healthy place for our team members and we encourage everyone to be active, be healthy, be mindful, be safe and of course – Be You! Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/gPfRyzAE #WeAreLightsourcebp #BeYou #renewables #RenewableEnergy #MensHealthWeek 

🔆🌿 Empowering Agriculture at Lightsource bp! 🌿🔆    Exciting times at Lightsource bp as we ramp up our agrivoltaics capabilities! We recently teamed up with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy to host a dynamic workshop at our EMEA hub in Madrid 📚💡 bringing together over 30 members from across the Lightsource bp engineering and technical project teams to explore the latest industry developments. 🚜🌞    Our goal? To share understanding of diverse agricultural contexts and achieving the best outcomes for farmers while continuing to help meet the rising demand for affordable, reliable and sustainable energy. 🌾🔋    Emilien Simonot, Head of Agrivoltaics, EMEA and APAC at Lightsource bp, said: “This workshop has been a fantastic tool to share and exchange expert knowledge as we all continue to grow our experience in delivering agrivoltaics solar sites.”    Our teams our proud to bring more opportunities to layer the benefits of solar into farming practices, supporting farmers to maintain productive land in tandem with delivering clean energy! 🌱🔆    More information about the important work Lightsource bp has been doing in agrivoltaics can be found here: https://lnkd.in/eWhbg5xu   #Lightsourcebp #Agrivoltaics #SustainableFarming #SolarEnergy #CleanEnergy #Innovation #Biodiversity #SustainableDevelopment #RenewableEnergy #Farmers   

Spain: Lightsource bp partners with scientists from the Biological Station of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) to conduct research on the habitat of the Lesser Kestrel in Andalusia and analyse its interaction with other activities on the same land, such as solar farms.  ☀️⚡ The study was launched this spring in the rural areas around Seville. It will enable the monitoring of the movement patterns of these small steppe birds, by tagging nine individuals with a GPS device to understand how they can coexist with solar and land management practices This initiative underlines our contributions at Lightsource bp to support scientific initiatives on local biodiversity and the environment. 🌍 Read more here:  https://lnkd.in/enBFrVBr  #RenewableEnergy #SolarEnergy #ResponsibleSolar #Biodiversity #CSIC #Lightsourcebp