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Solar Farms Look to Produce Something Apart From Power: Friendly Habitats for Wildlife
"Solar farms could blanket millions of acres in the United States over the coming decades," writes the New York Times. But "the sites that capture that energy take up land that wildlife needs to survive and thrive." "We have to address both challenges at the same exact time," said Rebecca Hernan...
"Solar farms could blanket millions of acres in the United States over the coming decades," writes the New York Times.But "the sites that capture that energy take up land that wildlife needs to survive and thrive. But at this site, called Anoka County Solar, acoustic monitoring has documented 73 species of birds, presumably attracted by the buffet of seeds and insects. That's compared with about 600,000 acres of currently operating large-scale sites across the country, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association, with a sharp increase expected over the next couple decades.
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