Implementing agrivoltaics saves you money and increases community support for your project.
Some counties require agrivoltiacs to be utilized as part of their O&M program to received a CUP, there’s also trends pointing to sheep grazing becoming an industry standard in the near future.
Agrivoltaics is a more involved and longer term commitment over mowing, but has huge upsides that make your project stand out as a community leader of truly green energy while reducing O&M expenses.
Solar companies that utilize grazing and other agricultural activites for vegetation management, are putting well over $300/acre directly back into the local farming community annually.
Utilizing agrivoltiacs supports at least 2 full time jobs for every 500 acres grazed. This number increases when you stack land uses such as pasture raised fowl – “Solar Fowl”, “Solar bees”, and vegetables.
Using our multi-faceted grazing plans we reduce mowing from 5-6 times to 1-3 times in year one alone depending on current soil conditions and vegetation.
Year two and beyond – mowing can be reduced to 1 cutting a year with carefully managed soil health programs that utilize intensive grazing, strategic hay placement, spot re-seeding, and soil amendments that all culminate in a healthy, always green, and very fireproof layer of soil biomass.
Implementing Agrivoltaics gets you that CUP, saves you money, increases your green footprint, builds topsoil which reduces runoff, bolsters community rapport, reduces fire risks, offers a lifeline to stagnant rural communities, and saves small farmers.