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  • Farmer-First Approach to Agrivoltaics Will Benefit NY Food, Energy Goals

    Krisy Gashler

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    The New Bremen dairy is one of a handful of New York farms that are pioneering agrivoltaics: co-location of solar energy production and agriculture on the same land. Solar developer Greg Hering approached a dairy farmer in New Bremen, New York, with a proposal to install panels that could produce 6.5 megawatts of energy on…

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  • Shepherding the Sun: Grazing Sheep Under Solar Arrays

    Stephen Stresow

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    Sunlight is a precious resource in Central New York and a new collaboration between farmers and Cornell is looking at ways to harness it using technology that truly puts the soft in software: sheep. Thousands of acres in New York are being turned into solar farms and many fear that this will displace agricultural land.…

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  • Energy Success Stories: Solar PV on a Dairy Farm

    Alex DePillis

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    Highlights: 95 kW (AC) of installed capacity ● ≈120,000 kWh generated annually ● Payback period = 6 years ● Fixed rack solar PV systems and trackers are common throughout Vermont McKnight Farm, an organic dairy that milks more than 200 cows and sells beef, requires a lot of electricity to make compressors, refrigeration, water pumping,…

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