Connecticut solar developers want to use sheep to cut grass on their solar farms
04/15/2021 / By Arsenio Toledo
Greenskies Renewable Energy, a solar developer based out of North Haven, Connecticut, petitioned the state to allow the company to use sheep to control vegetation at its solar farm.
Greenskies’ petition reflects a growing interest in the solar industry for what is known as agrivoltaics or agriphotovoltaics, which is the practice of developing a patch of land for the production of renewable energy as well as for agriculture.
“The idea is that we essentially utilize the sheep for vegetation maintenance, and it allows the property to continue in an agricultural use,†said Gina Wolfman, one of Greenskies’ senior project developers for a 4.99-megawatt solar project Greenskies is attempting to establish on a former tobacco farm in East Windsor, Connecticut.
https://www.environ.news/2021-04-15-connecticut-solar-farms-use-sheep-cut-grass.html
