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NEW FOR 2023 -- AGRI-VOLTS!
THANK YOU GARRETT COUNTY MD!
Jan. 23 at Garrett College - Agri-Volts for Land Value Optimization!
Solar Land Leasing Program: Farms/Foods Programs!
COMMUNITY SOLAR DEVELOPERS - responded to the Garrett County MD Invitation to meet with LANDOWNERS and introduce their services. Programs were from 6 - 9 pm on a snowy winter nite and also made available via a ZOOM feed.
Solar Land Leasing Program: Farms/Foods Programs!
Jan. 23 at Garrett College - Agri-Volts for Land Value Optimization!
Solar Land Leasing Program: Farms/Foods Programs!
Keeping your Farm Land soils in good condition for the 20+ year solar electric generation contracting period may be benefitted by planning for Pollinator-Friendly Plantings!! Keeps bees and butterflies around to help commodity crops excel too!
Jan. 23 at Garrett College - Agri-Volts for Land Value Optimization!
Jan. 23 at Garrett College - Agri-Volts for Land Value Optimization!
Jan. 23 at Garrett College - Agri-Volts for Land Value Optimization!
Other "between the Panels" options include climate-appropriate plantings. In this example (Colorado) certain "cooler weather" Specialty Crops are growing in the spaces between the panels. Maybe a good USDA Value Added Producer Grant opportunity!
New Designs Team up Solar PV With Specialty Crops
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Jan. 23 at Garrett College - Agri-Volts for Land Value Optimization!
These solar layouts are in hot-weather climates. The strategy is to use the right amount of sunlight...to both generate electricity and to produce Specialty Crops that will grow better with less-intense sunlight.
And in some areas -- SHEEP are "engaged" to manage "MOWING"!
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Find out more -- Contact Smart Energy Investments (Hagerstown, MD)
Several Northeast States are demonstrating that running sheep among the ground-mounted solar panels is more cost effective and environmentally friendly than MOWING.
Do you have any examples we might share as part of a FEATURE in a future month? .
Find out more -- Contact Smart Energy Investments (Hagerstown, MD)
Find out more -- Contact Smart Energy Investments (Hagerstown, MD)
Find out more -- Contact Smart Energy Investments (Hagerstown, MD)
Our Maryland Agri-Volts programs are just getting started in 2023...so we're eager to develop some "prototype" projects and evaluate just how cost-effective a "Dual Use Ground Mounted Solar PV Project" might become.
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