In Massachusetts, sheep came to a solar farm looking for shade and ended up mowing the grass beneath the panels, turning clean energy land into a grazing site |
Across Massachusetts, an unusual partnership is bringing renewable energy and traditional farming together on the same land. Sheep are being brought onto ground-mounted solar farms, where the panels provide shade while the animals graze on grass and weeds growing beneath and between the arrays. Known as solar grazing, the practice gives solar operators a natural…
