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Action Alert! Legislators are assembling the state budget right now, but they need urging from constituents to invest big in climate.

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Case Study: The pollinator-friendly solar site in Minnesota that manages stormwater

A man in an orange hazard vest crouches between two rows of solar panels in a field of yellow daisies, inspecting water monitoring equipment.

The Minnesota PV-SMaRT site points to the potential capacity of a solar farm to contribute to broad watershed management.

Published March 7, 2022
Categorized as Center for Pollinators in Energy Tagged pollinator-friendly solar, stormwater management, water quality

PV-SMaRT: Driving down costs and improving water quality management for solar installations

The PV-SMaRT project is helping protect or even improve local water quality and habitat at solar farms across the U.S.

Published October 15, 2021
Categorized as Center for Pollinators in Energy, Recent News, Uncategorized Tagged Beeslovesolar, pollinator-friendly solar, pv solar, PV-SMaRT, solar energy, Solar panels, solar photovoltaic, water quality

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