I wonder if they made stupid articles like this when the first oil power plants opened.
*”How have cows lives improved from an oil power plant installed on their grazing fields.”*
*”Up next, how the sun gives you cancer”*
Like, buddy, you’re not wrong…
I’m waiting for developers to put houses under solar canopies. When things get truly dire in the south, shade may be needed simply to be outside at all.
Whats fun is you can also install Wind there and a small section over, add in grid level storage. While still having access for the cows/animals.
Taking this to the next level, imagine an arid climate that cannot support cattle, but the solar array provides enough shade to allow the land support cattle.
Not just shade, depending on panel density you are upping the water to remaining ground10-30%. Which is a big deal for forage plants.
Get back to us with the answer…
Don’t see why not. Cows like shade just like any other animal. And grass grows better in partial shade so a win win.
Cows love to rub against things similar to trees to scratch their backs. So long as the panel supports are strong enough to handle a half ton bovine leaning, pushing, and scraping against them then the panels should be ok.
On modern dairy farms, cows never go outside. Solar power plants can be installed on farm buildings without any problems.
Great shade ! Why would this not be a thing.
It’s we who can’t coexist with cows, the solar panels will be fine.
Makes sense with heaps of known engineering for cattle impact and rubbing. They might include some dedicated scratching and rubbing features as well
>“I don’t think that grass-fed, rotationally grazed livestock [is a] a climate disaster,”
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Of course they can. And they enjoy the shade.
What’s good for the sheep is good for gander. I mean the cows! LINK—-> [Sheep in solar panel shade]
(https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/09/26/solar-power-puts-sheep-in-the-shade)
I wonder if they made stupid articles like this when the first oil power plants opened.
*”How have cows lives improved from an oil power plant installed on their grazing fields.”*
*”Up next, how the sun gives you cancer”*
Like, buddy, you’re not wrong…
I’m waiting for developers to put houses under solar canopies. When things get truly dire in the south, shade may be needed simply to be outside at all.
Whats fun is you can also install Wind there and a small section over, add in grid level storage. While still having access for the cows/animals.
Taking this to the next level, imagine an arid climate that cannot support cattle, but the solar array provides enough shade to allow the land support cattle.
Not just shade, depending on panel density you are upping the water to remaining ground10-30%. Which is a big deal for forage plants.
Get back to us with the answer…
Don’t see why not. Cows like shade just like any other animal. And grass grows better in partial shade so a win win.
Cows love to rub against things similar to trees to scratch their backs. So long as the panel supports are strong enough to handle a half ton bovine leaning, pushing, and scraping against them then the panels should be ok.
On modern dairy farms, cows never go outside. Solar power plants can be installed on farm buildings without any problems.
Great shade ! Why would this not be a thing.
It’s we who can’t coexist with cows, the solar panels will be fine.
Makes sense with heaps of known engineering for cattle impact and rubbing. They might include some dedicated scratching and rubbing features as well
>“I don’t think that grass-fed, rotationally grazed livestock [is a] a climate disaster,”
No? Let’s just see what actual experts think: [https://e360.yale.edu/digest/grass-fed-beef-climate-change](https://e360.yale.edu/digest/grass-fed-beef-climate-change)
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