Solar and Farm Animals Friends or Foe?

2SER

2022

Solar and Farm Animals Friends or Foe?

This episode of The Renewable Energy Update explores agrivoltaics, or the practice of installing solar panels on farmland. Matt Wright discusses how livestock, like sheep, can safely share space with solar panels and even benefit from the shade they provide. He also cites an ABC News report showing that merino sheep grazing under solar panels produced improved fleece. In this way renewable energy and agriculture can work together for mutual gain.