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Solar panels over Oregon pasture: lambs thrive despite less grass

Original: A six-acre field of solar panels hanging 3.6 feet over an Oregon pasture grew 38 percent less grass than the open field beside it, and the lambs grazing under the glass gained the same weight anyway, while the same ground ran a 1.4-megawatt power plant th

A six-acre solar array suspended 3.6 feet above an Oregon pasture grew 38 percent less grass than an adjacent open field, yet lambs grazing beneath the panels gained the same weight as those on open pasture. The same land simultaneously produced power through a 1.4-megawatt plant, showing agrivoltaics can pair sheep grazing with electricity generation without harming livestock.

Why now: The findings feed ongoing debate about agrivoltaics and whether farmland can double as solar power generation without hurting agriculture.

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• A six-acre field of solar panels hanging 3.6 feet over an Oregon pasture grew 38 percent less grass than the open field beside it, and the lambs grazing under the glass gained the same weight anyway, while the same ground ran a 1.4-megawatt power plant th · Autonocion.com

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