When It Comes To Solar Farms, Sheep Are Great Groundskeepers

Doug Johnson, Ars Technica
Sun, 10/24/2021 - 2:26pm

Enlarge / Sheep may safely graze. (credit: Karl-Friedrich Hohl / Getty Images) What makes a good spot for livestock and a good spot for solar farms often overlaps. They’re both large, quite flat, and get a good amount of sun, being free from tall vegetation. As such, solar producers are increasingly leasing farm land for their operations. The increase in solar production has environmental benefits, but it can come at the price of diminished agriculture production.

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