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SUMMARY: Solar and the rural community - Dr Nick Eyre (University of Oxfor
 d)\, Rebecca Pullinger (The Wildlife Trusts)\, Tim Bonner (Countryside All
 iance)\, Mark Owen-Lloyd (Photovolt Development Partners)\, Dr Emily Conna
 lly (Cherwell Collective)\, Dr Jonathan Scurlock (National Farmers’ Unio
 n)
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241016T170000
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20241016T190000
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DESCRIPTION:The UK goal of net zero by 2050 will require a rewiring of the
  energy network on a scale not seen since the industrial revolution. The n
 ew government has set the target of 50GW of solar power by 2030\, tripling
  the UK's current capacity. Residential and rooftop solar alone will be in
 sufficient if we are to meet those ambitious targets\, meaning that ground
 -mounted\, utility scale solar developments on rural land will be a vital 
 piece of the puzzle.\n\nMuch of this will come very likely from solar farm
 s of varying scale\, which by their nature are almost exclusively sited in
  the countryside. How\, therefore\, does Britain marry the needs and conce
 rns of rural communities with the national necessity to decarbonise the po
 wer grid? This panel discussion of experts\, co-organised by Photovolt Dev
 elopment Partners and the Earth Emergency Research Cluster at Wolfson Coll
 ege\, will seek to delve into this issue and explore possible solutions to
  a delicate balancing act.\nSpeakers:\nDr Nick Eyre (University of Oxford)
 \, Rebecca Pullinger (The Wildlife Trusts)\, Tim Bonner (Countryside Allia
 nce)\, Mark Owen-Lloyd (Photovolt Development Partners)\, Dr Emily Connall
 y (Cherwell Collective)\, Dr Jonathan Scurlock (National Farmers’ Union)
LOCATION:Wolfson College (Leonard Wolfson Auditorium)\, Linton Road OX2 6U
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URL:https://new.talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/3df0e19b-1286-4aa9-8cd9-1d3b71203a
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DESCRIPTION:Talk: Solar and the rural community - Dr Nick Eyre (University
  of Oxford)\, Rebecca Pullinger (The Wildlife Trusts)\, Tim Bonner (Countr
 yside Alliance)\, Mark Owen-Lloyd (Photovolt Development Partners)\, Dr Em
 ily Connally (Cherwell Collective)\, Dr Jonathan Scurlock (National Farmer
 s’ Union)
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