How the Sun goes to ‘sleep’ can tell us a lot about future space weather, scientists reveal

Scientists have developed a new method to predict solar cycle strength. This approach identifies a precise point where ...
Canada's National Observer

Grazing for the grid

From grass-eating sheep to growing wildflowers amid rows of solar panels, this installation of our series, "Power Forward," ...

Goodbye to machines: a German industrial giant hires 100 sheep to graze among the 31,000 panels of its massive solar plant

Animals tasked with keeping the vegetation under control beneath one of Europe’s largest industrial photovoltaic ...

Volkswagen Factories Are Replacing Lawnmowers With Sheep

Volkswagen is turning to an unlikely workforce to maintain the grounds around its solar farms: sheep. Instead of relying on gasoline-powered lawnmowers, the automaker is increasingly using grazing ...
Grist

Solar farms can be havens for rare plants. Just ask the threecorner milkvetch.

The ostensibly barren Mojave Desert is in fact teeming with plants and animals, including a rare species known as the threecorner milkvetch. It’s a member of the pea family, splaying across the ground ...

Volkswagen ditches lawnmowers for 100 sheep in smart solar farm move

Volkswagen has replaced lawnmowers with 100 sheep at its Poland solar farm, combining vegetation management with research ...