A solar farm was built to make electricity, but the ground beneath the panels quietly began doing something no one planned for
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-farm-built-electricity-beneath/23775/
https://www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-farm-built-electricity-beneath/23775/
11 Comments
UncleArthur@lemmy.world · 85 pts · 62d
To save you a click: it became a sanctuary for insects, especially bees.
terminal@lemmy.ml · 20 pts · 62d
Not all heroes wear capes.
I wish there were more rules about stating the topic of the article instead of headlines written to entice clicks
fiat_lux@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 62d
I appreciate you
TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 61d
Thank you.
Olgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 62d
hell yeah
Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml · 10 pts · 62d
You really don't. You can power the entire world with just 0.2% of it's surface area. With just half of Montana and a quarter of Texas you can power not just America but every country on earth.
yogthos@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 62d
I do think it's nice how solar panels actually end up being symbiotic with the biosystem though. There was another similar story from China where solar panels and they were getting overgrown by grass, so they got sheep and goats in, and now it's a whole ecosystem that's also producing electricity. Panels also provide shade in hotter environments which allows plants to grow where it was just too hot before.
folaht@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 62d
How could they not plan for that?
Seriously, plant growth underneath solar panels has been known for decades now,
especially for deserts.
glimse@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 61d
"we knew this 30 years ago" doesn't get clicks
cattywampus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 62d
TootGuitar@sh.itjust.works · -1 pts · 61d
Downvoted and reported as spam. Get outta here with this clickbait title bullshit.
yogthos@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 61d
stay mad