In 2018, a Vermont couple started with 30 sheep; seven years later, their solar-grazing business had 500 sheep managing vegetation across 1,500 acres of solar sites in the Northeast
- What started in 2018 as a small trial with just 30 sheep has grown into a commercial operation that now manages vegetation around thousands of solar panels across the American Northeast.
- Husband-and-wife farmers Lewis Fox and Niko Kochendoerfer founded Agrivoltaic Solutions LLC in Vermont.
- They developed a model that uses livestock instead of mechanical mowers to control grass and weeds around solar energy sites.
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- What started in 2018 as a small trial with just 30 sheep has grown into a commercial operation that now manages vegetation around thousands of solar panels across the American Northeast.
- Husband-and-wife farmers Lewis Fox and Niko Kochendoerfer founded Agrivoltaic Solutions LLC in Vermont.
- They developed a model that uses livestock instead of mechanical mowers to control grass and weeds around solar energy sites.
Sources: Times of India