AOL20d
Why more mega solar farms are coming to the countryside
The energy industry expects more plans to emerge to convert countryside into solar farms after the government pledged to treble the UK's capacity to generate solar power over the next five years.
The Hindu23d
Booming solar farms in the U.S. put thousands of hungry sheep to work
The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop up across the U.S. and in the plain fields of Texas. In Milam County, outside Austin, SB Energy ...
Nottingham Post8d
Gedling Country Park solar farm could stay in place for 15 years longer
The owner of a solar farm next to Gedling Country Park wants to keep the panels in place for 15 years longer than originally planned. The facility on the site of the former Gedling Colliery cost ...
ITV5d
Lime Down Solar Park: Wiltshire people asked again for their views on 2,000-acre farm
People in Wiltshire have been asked for a second time for their views on proposals for a 2,000-acre solar farm near Malmesbury. Lime Down Solar Park would be a utility-scale solar park and battery ...
Inc24d
Grazing Sheep Double Solar Farms’ Sustainability Factor
Sheep graze on a solar farm owned by SB Energy on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, in Buckholts, Texas. Photo: AP On rural Texas farmland, beneath hundreds of rows of solar panels, a troop of stocky sheep ...
BBC26d
Why is the Botley West solar farm so controversial?
The solar farm would cover about 1000 hectares (2,471-acre) across the north of Woodstock, west of Kidlington and west of Botley A plan to create one of the UK's largest solar farms and cover more ...
Electrek28d
Solar farms generating 724 MW in Oklahoma will power Google AI
A group of Oklahoma solar farms collectively generating a whopping 724 megawatts (MW) will power Google’s data center operations and artificial intelligence (AI) with long-term power purchase ...
The Conversation28d
‘Solar shepherds’ earn big by grazing sheep on solar farms — and they benefit everyone involved
We also looked at two types of solar shepherding business models: breeding ewes for lambs on the farm and purchasing lamb from auction every year. For each model, revenue streams, costs and ...
Lexington Herald Leader28d
Kentucky’s newest solar farm is now active. Most of its power goes to Toyota.
Kentucky’s newest solar farm is up and running in Martin County. The Martin County Solar Project is an 850-acre plot built on the old Martiki coal mine. With over 214,000 double-sided solar ...
AOL19d
Solar farms are 'slap in the face' - councillor
A senior Lincolnshire councillor has described a decision to give the go-ahead to two large solar farms as a "slap in the face" for the county. Colin Davie made the comments following the ...
WPLG25d
Solar farms are booming in the US and putting thousands of hungry sheep to work
The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop up across the U.S. and in the plain fields of Texas. In Milam County, outside Austin, SB Energy ...