MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • July 4, 2021
An emerging trend in pairing solar projects with agriculture is solar grazing, the practice of using livestock — typically sheep — to manage the grass that grows under the panel arrays. Solar grazing has multiple benefits. Livestock owners get extra income. No (gas-powered) lawn mowers are needed. And while the landscape crew may nap in the shade under the panels, it doesn’t take a lunch break.