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Is habitat-friendly solar energy a viable way to protect insect populations?

The relatively rapid (<5 years) insect community responses to habitat restoration at solar energy sites demonstrate that habitat-friendly solar energy is a feasible way to safeguard insect populations and their agricultural services for crop production. Ground-mounted solar energy facilities require large amounts of land.

Do insect pollinators thrive at solar energy facilities?

Research shows insect pollinators thrive at solar facilities managed with native habitat. A solar-pollinator habitat established at a solar energy facility, dominated by purple prairie clover and black-eyed Susan flowers. Inset: a bee visits one of the purple prairie clover flowers established at the solar facility.

Should you use a solar farm for wild bee conservation?

The decision to use a solar farm for wild bee conservation or apiculture will likely vary by site and the local community’s needs. If conservation is a goal, the potential costs to wild pollinators could be minimized by limiting access to managed honey bees.

Do solar panels help bees eat pollinator-friendly plants?

project, researchers from Argonne National Laboratory are counting bees’ visits at pollinator-friendly vegetation grown underneath or near solar panels, as well as tracking changes in numbers and types of bees in nearby crop fields before and after vegetation planting at the solar sites.