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  • Grazing sheep under solar panels may boost wool quality and quantity-Agriculture meets solar farms

    06/02/2022 8:03:06 AM PDT · by SJackson · 27 replies
    Interesting Engineering ^ | 5-30-22 | Derya Ozdemir
    Flat, large, and gets a good amount of sun — These are the three greatest indicators of a land that is suitable for placing solar panels. Simultaneously, livestock thrives on these lands as well, which is why solar producers often lease farmlands to set up their operations. Solar power can provide environmental benefits, but at the cost of diminished agriculture production. The solution, it seems, may be to bring out the sheep. In the four years since solar sites were installed at farms in New South Wales, Australia, sheep grazing under the solar panels have produced better wool and more...