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Owen Pryce 11 photos Technology
Solar farms: rows of panels across the fields
Why it matters: From hillsides to plains, from sheep grazing beneath the panels to the view from the air.
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Samuel Adeyemi Technology
Solar panels raised above crops: first results from an Asher Valley trial
Why it matters: A two-hectare trial near Bramley Cross that grows vegetables and soft fruit beneath raised solar panels has produced its first full season of data, with some crops doing better in partial shade.
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Rafael Ortega World
Wrenhaven twin town Velde now runs entirely on community-owned solar power
Why it matters: Velde, the small inland town twinned with Wrenhaven, now produces as much electricity as it uses over a year from a solar park owned by its own residents through an energy cooperative.
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Jonah Becker Technology
Solar-and-battery phone masts keep marsh and island villages connected in storms
Why it matters: New masts with their own solar panels and batteries kept mobile coverage running in the Saltings during last winter's longest power cut, and more are now being installed around Greyling Bay.
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