Craig GrannellIt’s starting to really get to me in the UK how many people are furiously angry about the prospect of more solar on fields when *many actual farmers* are enthusing about how great mixed-use fields can be. (Solar can shade animals and plants. In many cases, it can also be combined with rainfall capture. It’s about making better use of some land, not replacing one thing with another.)
Jon Park@craiggrannell I was very pleased to see that Ripple considered that when they announced their solar park.
It’s on low-quality grazing land that'll still be used for sheep. But they also mention how it'll be improved to promote biodiversity (I like the sound of a “bee bank”) whilst still generating energy.
https://rippleenergy.com/our-projects/derril-water-solar-park
