Mastodawn

Akshat Rathi Sep 6, 2024

If done right: "A study published late last year found that insect abundance had tripled over five years on test plots at two other Minnesota solar sites. The abundance of native bees grew twentyfold."
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/05/climate/solar-power-pollinators-wildlife.html

Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Pollinator Friendly Habitat

The sites fight climate change and can help with another global crisis: the collapse of nature. But so far, efforts to nurture wildlife habitat have been spotty.

The New York Times

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Fluffy Kitty Cat Sep 6, 2024

@akshatrathi you can do this on roofs too. biosolar roofs, as they're called, also produce cooler temperatures for the panels which makes them work better

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Alexa Fontanilla

@fluffykittycat

#PostOfTheWeek (season 1):
It’s not your average solar farm.

The glassy panels stand in a meadow. Wildflowers sway in the breeze, bursts of purple, pink, yellow, orange and white among native grasses. A monarch butterfly flits from one blossom to the next. Dragonflies zip, bees hum and goldfinches trill.