Volkswagen put 100 sheep to work under 31,000 solar panels

> Volkswagen says this is one of Europe’s most advanced industrial agrivoltaics projects because it also includes a major scientific research program.

> “Today, the photovoltaic farm delivers much more than green electricity. It has also become a place that supports biodiversity, local agriculture, and scientific research. The sheep grazing project demonstrates that modern industry can work in harmony with nature,” said Marzena Pillich-Grońska, director of Volkswagen Poznań.

> The project is being carried out with Poznań University of Life Sciences, whose researchers are studying how sheep grazing affects animal welfare, biodiversity, soil quality, vegetation, and the site’s microclimate. The goal is to better understand how large-scale solar generation and agriculture can successfully cohabit on the same land.

Sounds like a horribly overblown gentrification & PR exercise.

Maybe VW should focus their research & marketing efforts on automobiles, and let a local shepherd quietly handle the woolly details?

seems waste to good farmland and unsightly to environment why not cover company carparks with solar panels seems more sense- protects vehicles and not affect environment.