A project aims to show it's possible to harvest food and green energy on the same land
3 months ago

A project aims to show it's possible to harvest food and green energy on the same land

NPR  

A project aims to show it's possible to harvest food and green energy on the same land Green energy advocates are promoting wind and solar facilities' compatibility with grazing animals, hoping to counter local opposition to new wind and solar projects. SAM FUQUA: Rolling hills of grass are most of what you see from rancher Ed Prosser's patio in Wyoming, plus one lonely county road. FUQUA: National Renewable Energy Laboratory data shows that solar grazing acreage has almost tripled in the past five years to about 50,000 acres today. A survey released this year by the Department of Energy's Berkeley Lab shows the greatest opposition to rural solar projects is from people who live closest to them.

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Solar panel sheep farm trial ‘a complete win-win’
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Solar panel sheep farm trial ‘a complete win-win’

The Independent  

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Bees, sheep, crops: Solar developers tout multiple benefits
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Bees, sheep, crops: Solar developers tout multiple benefits

Associated Press  

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Solar Power Is Booming. But It’s Putting Desert Wilderness At Risk.
4 years, 4 months ago

Solar Power Is Booming. But It’s Putting Desert Wilderness At Risk.

Huff Post  

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