The trend is to share the space. "Jack’s Solar Garden is the largest commercially active agrivoltaics system researching crop and vegetation growth under photovoltaic solar panels in the United States. The garden generates enough power for more than 300 homes from 3,276 solar panels (6 ft and 8 ft) that create a 1.2-MW community solar garden. Audubon Rockies <https://rockies.audubon.org/>, a regional office of the bird protection society, established their largest Habitat Hero pollinator habitat in Colorado around the solar array, while a local nonprofit farming organization, Sprout City Farms <http://www.sproutcityfarms.org>, trains young farmers to cultivate crops under the solar panels"
https://www.nrel.gov/news/program/2021/future-of-agriculture-combined-with-renewable-energy-finds-success-at-jacks-solar-garden.html On Fri, May 27, 2022 at 4:04 PM mitch--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On 2022-05-27 13:57, G Mann via Mercedes wrote: > > I understand that many European cities are now leasing roof space on > > commercial buildings [which is otherwise unexploited real estate and > > installing solar farms in that space, which is, in most cases, tall > > enough > > to be above trees and obstructions for a clear solar exposure.] > > That beats buying up productive farmland and planting PV panels. My area > has seen a bit of that in recent years. It's funny to watch the > complaining from the NIMBY types. Would you rather have them sell the > farm to developers so you'd have to share the road with 100 new > neighbors? > > To my way of thinking, a PV farm would be the ideal neighbor. They're > quiet, their methhead offspring don't ransack your garden shed, and they > don't clog up the local roads. > > I think I'll do some aerial videography of Eaton County's PV farms and > other counties' turbine farms. > Just have to remember not to fly where the turbine blades sweep. > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
