Agrivoltaics With Sheep & Solar Benefit All — Especially The Sheep!
Agrivoltaics studies in Australia and Pennsylvania show sheep that graze under solar panels thrive and produce more and better wool.
Agrivoltaics studies in Australia and Pennsylvania show sheep that graze under solar panels thrive and produce more and better wool.
Don’t you love to watch the birds returning with the new spring season? They dart around, seeking out nests and planning for soon-to-bloom food sources. Birds — as well as bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals — are pollinators, and they are responsible for out of every three bites … [continued]
The new Nat Geo TV series A Real Bug’s Life peels back the cover on the secret life of insects, including a dramatic never-before-seen Stag Beetle smackdown.
Space-saving bifiacial PV technology is a new addition to the dual-use agrivoltaic movement, which enables farmers to continue working their land while realizing income from solar projects.
The community solar movement is adopting agrivoltaics to maximize the local benefits of renewable energy.
Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive. Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky. Birds chirp, and tall grasses blow in the breeze. This isn’t a scene from a pristine … [continued]
With solar farms, the US agriculture industry once again demonstrates its ability to embrace new technologies and practices.
A solar power company, Navisun, has just added a couple of solar projects to a special new “pollinator-friendly” solar initiative it has launched in Massachusetts. Furthermore, the projects qualified as pollinator-friendly facilities in the Massachusetts SMART Program, which I’ll explain in a moment. Navisun is focused on small utility-scale solar … [continued]
One of the things anti-solar people like to bring up is that it can take up space. Sure, rooftop solar is popular and doesn’t take up space that could be used by something else, but utility solar installations often entail large “farms” where acres and acres of land are taken … [continued]
By reapproving the use of this pesticide — putting both public health and the environment at risk — the Trump administration is, once again, ignoring the science.