Study: NV solar farm becomes a haven for rare plants Public News Service (PNS) is a member-supported news service that advocates journalism in the public interest. PNS's network of state-based news services distribute high quality public interest news…

The Mojave Desert isn’t barren—it’s alive. 🌱
A rare plant, the threecorner milkvetch, jumped from 12 plants to 93 after a Nevada solar project used a gentler construction method that protected desert seed banks. Newest collab with @grist.org
#SolarEnergy #Biodiversity #Ecovoltaics

Our new paper out on how desert annual plants, which make up ~50% of diversity, respond to large scale solar energy development. Native annual plant diversity can increase with more microclimate heterogeneity in low-impact facilities
#ecovoltaics
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☀️🔌💡🐝🐝🪲🐞🪳 #GreenSky #EcoVoltaics bsky.app/profile/dust...

This is a great story.

#ecovoltaics #naturalsecurity 🔌💡

Makes me wonder about working the bats into the business model.

Subscription bats?

B/c bats pollinate ~40% of food crops, provide 10's of $B in insect control services to US farmers, and save human lives by obviating the use of pesticides.

Ecovoltaics research aims to balance grid scale solar with wildlife and livestock Ecovoltaics research being done at the University of New England aligns with global efforts to balance the need of large-scale solar with conservation of wildlife and combatibility to the needs of far...

Good to see more research underway with both #agrovoltaics and #ecovoltaics on large scale solar farms.
Ecovoltaics research aims to balance grid scale solar with wildlife and livestock
#agsky #agriculture #conservation

www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/01/24/e...

Good neologism: #ecovoltaics.