Healthy soils are key to climate resilience, biodiversity, and food security.
Solar farms can be part of the solution — storing carbon, boosting nature, and supporting net zero when designed and managed well.
Why It Matters
Soils hold more carbon than the atmosphere and all vegetation combined. Degraded soils lose fertility, release carbon, and harm ecosystems. Solar farms, if built with best practice in mind, can help reverse this trend.
Key Recommendations
- Minimise soil disturbance during construction.
- Promote plant diversity with wildflowers and native grasses.
- Use rotational grazing and low-impact maintenance vehicles.
- Apply organic amendments where suitable.
- Monitor soil carbon to measure progress over time.
Take Action
Download the full briefing to explore design, construction, and land-management strategies that make solar farms champions for soil health.
