Solar and Biodiversity
Make it stand out.
Dream it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Build it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
Grow it.
It all begins with an idea. Maybe you want to launch a business. Maybe you want to turn a hobby into something more. Or maybe you have a creative project to share with the world. Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
New Study – Maximizing Land Use Benefits From Utility-Scale Solar: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Pollinator-Friendly Solar in Minnesota, Yale Center for Business and the Environment
Amplifying Clean Energy with Conservation Part One: Pollinator-Friendly Solar, by Cody Smith, Policy Associate, Center for Rural Affairs
Bees Find Solar Sanctuary (PDF), by Rob Davis, Director of the Center for Pollinators in Energy at Fresh Energy
Notable news: pollinator-friendly solar, Fresh Energy. This post includes links to more resources. Electric cooperatives in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Texas, Kansas, Iowa, and North Dakota have built and seeded pollinator-friendly solar arrays.
The New Fallow Land: Bees and Solar Farms (PDF), by Stephen Fleming, Editor, Bee Craft
Flowering Solar Farms (PDF), by John Jacob of Old Sol Enterprises with contributions from Rob Davis
Solar and pollinators: a photo essay, PV Magazine
All the solar installations shown in this photo essay by Rob Davis of Fresh Energy have a mix of flowering species in sufficient diversity, or covering a sufficient portion of the project, to meet pollinator-friendly standards created by entomologists.‘Solar honey’ emerging as a win-win for clean-energy proponents, beekeepers and farm owners, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
https://www.nebraskansforsolar.org/tag/pollinator-friendly-solar-sites/
A Report by Cody Smith, Center for Rural Affairs
Throughout the Midwest region of the U.S., farmers, schools, and small businesses have been on the frontline of solar energy adoption. Collectively, states in the Midwest employ approximately 36,605 workers in the solar industry with 3,118.67 megawatts (MW) of installed solar capacity. These jobs include workers in the installation, manufacturing, and sale of solar energy systems of all sizes. These economic windfalls come as many cities, counties, and states across the U.S. are taking advantage of affordable renewable energy sources, including solar energy. Access the report here.
