{"id":287013,"date":"2023-06-06T16:39:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lightsourcebp.staging.1int.co.uk\/?post_type=project&p=287013"},"modified":"2025-11-13T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T09:59:00","slug":"mcguigan-wilburton-farm","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/lightsourcebp.staging.1int.co.uk\/tw\/project\/mcguigan-wilburton-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Wilburton solar"},"content":{"rendered":"
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1,400<\/h3>\n

households powered (equivalent)<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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2,680<\/h3>\n

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596<\/h3>\n

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Wilburton Solar Farm is nestled beyond thick hedgerows at <\/span>Mingay<\/span> Farm, close to the rural village of Wilburton in Cambridgeshire. It sits amongst 110 acres of grassland and <\/span>wild flowers<\/span> and is also home to 350,000 pollen-hungry bees, with 10 hives positioned in the field margins.<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The solar farm at Wilburton was built in 2011 and since then the site has seen a dramatic increase in wildlife population. This includes wild hare, butterflies, dragonflies, numerous bird species, repopulated badger setts and most importantly, an insurgence of the Grey Partridge which is currently a Red List species due to a dramatic decline in recent years.<\/p>\n

The Wilburton solar project provides benefits beyond just generating renewable electricity, from enhancing biodiversity to land for farming and more:<\/p>\n