After years of pairing sheep with solar farms, solar developers are ready to scale up. Silicon Ranch, a Tennessee-based energy company, is pioneering cattle-solar integration through its new CattleTracker technology—an innovation designed to make large-scale solar. . As Groundwork continues to advocate for agrivoltaics—the concurrent use of land for farming and solar energy production—we are remaining current on the latest trends. Here, we take a look at the emerging practice of grazing cattle among solar panels—what's being called “cattle-voltaics. The one‑acre, 120‑kilowatt array is the first real‑world installation of RUTE's patented, cable‑stayed solar tracker designed specifically to. . Solar companies have long integrated sheep grazing into solar farms, but Silicon Ranch is now exploring a bigger opportunity—cattle. Its innovative CattleTracker system aims to merge solar power production with cattle grazing across the United States, offering an eco-friendly and economically. . In 2019, Silicon Ranch began exploring the opportunity to marry cattle grazing and solar generation on our land, in line with our commitment to design, build, and operate better solar farms by taking a holistic approach and mimicking nature. As Nick DeVries, the company's head of technology, told Inside Climate News, this is a big challenge. " [Cows] are very large animals," he said. Credit: Courtesy of Silicon Ranch LANCASTER, Ky.
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