Solar energy farm uses sheep to mow the grass

Reuters ^ | 5/4/23 | Reuters Video

[DallasBiff]

STORY: This solar farm 'mows' the lawn with some wooly workers

The farm says they got tired of wasting their own energy keeping grass trim

And that they turned to sheep as a greener and more powerful method

[Rexhep Rrudhani, Shepherd]

“They realised that mowing the lawn was very hard and they asked me whether I can bring my sheep. I said yes and I brought my sheep here. The plant’s manager gave me the water for the sheep because they have a well that is 90 meters deep. This is necessary during summer. When I do sheep shearing, I always do it here because they also provide me with free electricity. I want to thank them for everything because they are helping me a lot.”

More than 12,000 solar panels are installed at the farm

And more than 100 sheep and some goats keep the grass tidy twice a week

[DallasBiff]

I know I will get in trouble for saying this, but what about the sheep flatulence.

[Jeff Chandler]

Using sheep to keep the ground trimmed — did they think that up all by themselves? Because THAT would be actual news.

[Jolla]

They did this in the SF Bay Area on the hills around the highways.

[NWFree]

Big deal - my local park has been using goats and a donkey for years

[Red Badger]

[Red Badger]

Riding Mower with Grass Catcher.....................

[V_TWIN]

That's alotta sheep

[woodbutcher1963]

WHHHEEEERRRREEE’S Bbbbiiiiiffff

[Irenic]

ahahaha so cute!

[blackdog]

Wooly 180 pound locusts. I farmed in Wisconsin for a decade. My herd of ewes ate 1,800 pounds of hay every day from October thru April. They grazed 80 acres from May Thru September.

For anyone interested in real life experiences in sheep farming, read the book "Today I Baled the Hay, to Feed the Sheep, the Coyotes Eat"

[Irenic]

Visual pollution, mass waste, unreliable.

Single nuclear power plant ftw.

[bigbob]

Wish my subdivision had a flock of sheep that could just make the rounds. Better than the deer...

[V_TWIN]

Yep. All that acreage wasted that coulda been used as habitat for humanity houses for illegal aliens. 😏

[Clay Moore]

I haven’t had sheep but goats dearly love chewing on wire. Trailer lights are a favorite.

[Carriage Hill]

Step carefully around the piles of sheep and goat poop...

[Irenic]

Ha! On that topic—I’m not a H4H fan.

[butlerweave]

How much heat is created by all that black they hate so much ?

[Fido969]

Solar powered sheep?

[V_TWIN]

The ones where I am usually turn into drug dens sooner or later

[V_TWIN]

Not only that but who cleans ‘em?