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Minnesota solar farms show 20-fold rise in native bees under panels

Study findings on solar-site pollinator habitat circulate widely

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Coverage of the five-year study reports native bee abundance rose more than 20-fold and total insect counts tripled at the two solar sites, with bee visitation near the solar habitat comparable to levels alongside federal Conservation Reserve Program grasslands.

Study findings on solar-site pollinator habitat circulate widely
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“This indicates that solar sites may benefit nearby farms if the area below the panels is managed as wildlife habitat. The panels themselves were nothing new. The real difference came from the plants that were growing below.”

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Enel Green Power North America Operator of the Atwater and Eastwood solar farmsStudy researchers Authors of the five-year insect survey

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