MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University researchers are shining a light on the benefits of solar panels on small cattle farms with the support of $1.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.
Matt Wilson, professor of animal sciences in the WVU Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design and founder of the Alliance for Regenerative Livestock, said panels can generate solar energy on grazing lands and establish more sustainable cattle-raising practices.
Wilson, who is leading the research, will be applying dual-use solar—also known as agrivoltaics—which seeks ways to combine solar panels with agricultural uses like crop production, livestock or pollinator habitats.
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