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Keeping the buzz alive: ETL receives $50,000 gift for research on pollinator-friendly solar

December 21, 2018Andrew ButtsETL Blog, FeaturedComments Off on Keeping the buzz alive: ETL receives $50,000 gift for research on pollinator-friendly solar

Could we do right by pollinators while harvesting an irreplaceable renewable resource? A new IonE press release spills the BEEns on ETL’s new Solar + Pollinators project, which has received generous support from Connexus Energy and is investigating the costs and benefits of co-locating pollinator friendly habitat with solar farms. To read more, check out the press release!

Pollinator-dependent crops surrounding solar arrays lead to a natural increase in pollinators, which the Minnesota Department of Agriculture describes as “an irreplaceable public resource” integral to 35% of the world’s crop production. 

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