It’s been a little while since we last heard an update on NREL’s (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) agrivoltaics research programs and tools.  For our July webinar, we’re pleased to be joined by Jordan Macknick and James McCall who will provide an overview of their agrivoltaics research through the InSPIRE project, with a focus on their…

What are the climate and environmental impacts of adding sheep to solar sites? How does solar grazing compare to conventional solar sites and to conventional sheep production? The potential impact solar grazing may have on reducing emissions is an important growth area for the future of the industry. For this month’s webinar, we’re introducing some…

We are excited to launch ASGA Certification™ for Solar Grazing Training. This innovative program lends ASGA’s seal of approval to qualified training courses and their graduates. Certification recognizes educational programs teaching key topics and best management practices fundamental to using sheep to manage vegetation on solar energy sites. ​Once a program is certified, students successfully…

Whether you're just getting into solar grazing or you're a long-time sheep farmer, managing sheep health in solar grazing is a major pain point that requires ongoing attention and accumulated experience. Preparing for common health issues and for the unexpected are key to keeping the sheep happy and your grazing operation running smoothly. For our…

For this month’s ASGA call, we’re taking a quick look across the Atlantic to hear about some of the latest solar grazing and agrivoltaics developments in Europe. We’ll be joined by Stephan Schindele, Head of Product Management Agri-PV at BayWa r.e., who oversees the exciting agrivoltaics projects they’re running in Europe. ​BayWa has been doing…

What goes into solar site construction and what should solar graziers know about it?For our December call, we’re excited to have Daniel Shapiro, Vice President of Projects and Construction at Lightsource bp, and his team give us an in-depth look at the solar site construction process and its basic components.They’ll discuss how a solar farm…

Solar grazing offers an important avenue for making solar sites more ecologically sustainable, but how can solar developers design and manage sites to ensure the site is eco-friendly from construction all the way through decommissioning? ​Tyler Kanczuzewsk and his team from Inovateus Solar will join us to discuss approaches to building solar projects with eco-friendly…

Proper vegetation and soil management planning on solar sites is key to good land stewardship and setting up a project for successful vegetation cover. With the application of industry leading revegetation practices to prioritize soils, vegetation establishment and success, solar site development can have positive impacts on the foundation of these facilities with regards to…

Join us for the Fourth Annual Membership Meeting of the American Solar Grazing Association! ​2023 was a groundbreaking year as ASGA's membership grew, we launched a number of new initiatives, and our members represented solar grazing and its benefits at events across the U.S.! We were excited to see solar grazing become even more important to…

In September we invited you to take part in the first-ever U.S. Solar Grazing Census. We received an outstanding 129 responses and are ready to share some preliminary results!  ​For this month’s call we will share an updated picture of the scale and reach of solar grazing in the U.S. based on the census data.…

We're heading north to check out what's happening with agrivoltaics in the higher latitudes for our May webinar. ​Alaska and the northern US are developing innovative agrisolar systems that respond to local food and energy needs. In this month’s webinar, we will explore the unique challenges and opportunities that northern agrivoltaics holds for farmers, solar…

How do you make solar arrays cattle proof and what does cattle grazing under solar panels look like now? ​To provide an update on some of the latest developments in solar cattle, we’ve invited 3 sets of speakers to discuss how they’re integrating cattle grazing operations on community scale arrays on farms in Minnesota, Massachusetts,…