Eric Steeves says raising sheep on forages grown under solar panels provided economic stability and perhaps even saved his family’s fifth generation southern Alberta grain farm.
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Solar, sheep provide valuable farm diversification
An Alberta farmer says thousands of acres of solar panels across Canada can actually enhance agricultural production
The future is brighter with energy from the sun
The International Energy Agency recently forecast that renewable energy will become the top source of electricity generation in the world next year.
Support needed at all levels for high-value solar projects
Renewable energy project doesn’t take up valuable farm land, it actually enhances it
Farmers, rural municipalities and governments should welcome any opportunity to get involved in large-scale solar power installations, say agrivoltaics proponents.
U.S. farmers graze sheep under solar to survive
For the first time in four generations, the Raines family didn’t plant a single cotton seed last year. Chad Raines parked his tractor and rented out most of his Texas farmland to a neighbour.
Rural solar development needs common sense
There’s no silver bullet for stopping the slow but steady onslaught of global warming.
Brazilian producers bet on solar energy and battery tech
Increased use of alternative energy means greater business for equipment providers, reduced dependence on fossil fuel and more efficient farming
Brazilian farmers have been expanding their solar energy capacity and testing batteries as a storage solution in a bid to make electricity supplies more predictable and potentially reduce diesel consumption.
Renewables ban costs calculated
OTTAWA (Reuters) —Alberta’s restrictions on some renewable projects could hurt $11.1 billion in investments and stall up to 6.3 gigawatts of solar and wind power capacity, a study has said. The new rules can potentially impact 42 projects valued at more than $11 billion and several thousand jobs, the Pembina Institute, an Alberta-based clean energy […] Read more
Feds spend $97 million on agricultural clean tech projects
Glacier FarmMedia – The federal government today announced some $97 million in funding for farms and agri-businesses to adopt cleaner technologies like more efficient grain dryers, solar power and precision agriculture technology. “Canadian farmers fully understand the need to take care of the environment and they are constantly innovating to find new solutions to reduce […] Read more
Alta. solar has small footprint
Researchers estimate a maximum of less than one tenth of one percent of all agricultural land in Alberta will be required for solar projects under a net zero future for the province’s electrical grid. The calculation assumes an extreme situation where the projects will be built solely on farmland, said associate professor Sara Hastings-Simon of […] Read more
Small works in solar energy projects
Renewable energy is a tremendous economic opportunity for any community with the foresight to embrace it. The capital cost of building wind and solar infrastructure continues to fall as demand grows exponentially around the world. At the same time, performance improvements will continue to increase the efficiency of generating electricity from renewable energy assets. In […] Read more
