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As a renewable energy developer, I did not expect to be in front of the camera or to be a topic on local social media. Genuine community engagement takes many forms and I'm thankful for the diverse media outlets that give us a chance to answer questions and address concerns or contentious issues. One of the biggest challenges we face in renewable energy deployment is effective communication of complicated topics to diverse groups of stakeholders. With pervasive misinformation and a lack trust generally in civil discourse (regardless of the topic), the opportunities for productive, frank conversations are increasily scarce. As a company, we will continue seeking out the difficult conversations and embrace or create opportunities to engage.

Thank you to The Logan County Silent Majority for interviewing us to learn more about Grange Solar and the positive impact it will have on Logan County. We were happy to provide more information about the project. We also got to directly address and dispel some of the common misinformation that we see out there about solar and our project. Check it out below. We’ve heard that Grange won’t benefit Logan County, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. Grange will generate over $100 million in new revenue for Logan County, create hundreds of construction jobs and long-term jobs, preserve farmland, reduce pollution, and keep the land in active agricultural use through dual use grazing using sheep. We’ve heard that this is funded by public tax dollars. It’s not. It will be built using private investment. We’ve heard that Grange will destroy farmland. That’s just not true. Our project will have storm water management in place, we’ll preserve the topsoil and after decommissioning the land will be returned to the pre-construction state. There’s money that is required to be set aside to ensure it. We hear that solar will take up all the farmland. False. Even if every single project in Ohio gets approved, it will take up roughly 1% of farmland in Ohio.

This is exactly why we need to quit building solar farms and start building mre farms.

Jurchen Technology is offering small PEG blocks for Commercial and Industrial clients who are looking for a low cost way to go solar. PEG is extremely suited for constrained sites and for small parcels of land for clients seeking a low-cost solar solution. Why PEG as a ground mounted solar system is more efficient and effective in case of C&I compared to the other conventional substructures. Benefits: >>It uses 95-98% of the land cover, offering the maximum energy generation on the available land. >>When the roof areas are already in use and there is more demand for electricity or when the roof surfaces are unsuitable for mounting modules. >>When the soil is either cohesive or non-cohesive and other substructures requires investment in the site levelling. >>It is very low above-ground, which is acceptable by neighbours and community, for a simpler and quicker approval process. >>Its foundation is shallow below ground without concrete foundations, allowing quick and simple removal in the future, for different use of the land. Please connect with our sales team to know more about the innovative racking solution. #PEG #rackingsolution #simple #industrial #commercial #clients #JurchenTechnology

Where shade meets solar power; benefit from our innovative car-pot solar systems. #solarenergy #solarpanels #carpot #energyefficiency #energysolutions #parking #construction #contracting #realestate

Solar farm ground maintenance at one of the lowest rates ever

⚡Guess what’s ‘generating’ a lot of interest at our Knottingley site!⚡ 2023 has seen our first significant investment in large scale solar technology. A feasibility study conducted at our new factory in Knottingley identified the potential available from turning a factory roof into a solar roof. Following rigorous structural and physical investigations it was proven the roof, with ready access to our own electrical infrastructure, could hold a whopping 1310 solar panels! ☀ The levels of sun light available indicates our installation will provide an annual generation of 497,189 Kwh, resulting in a staggering reduction in CO2 release of 96.2 tons/year! This generation capacity will reduce our electrical consumption at Knottingley from the grid by a staggering 28%. With operating sites and factory buildings scattered across the country, successful generation from this first installation will trigger a rollout of further solar investment! This week saw the installation of 1311 solar panels (we managed to squeeze 1 more in!) ... and what a week to start generating! 🌞🌞 #solarpower #investment #carbonreduction #buildingmaterials #manufacturing #construction #constructionsector

Vadose Zone Journal has published our online open access article on "Measuring and Modeling Soil Moisture and Stormwater Runoff at Solar Farms." https://lnkd.in/gWqAWK5t This innovative research shows that precipitation depth, soil texture and soil depth, and soil bulk density had a large impact on solar farm runoff. In addition, our results showed that solar farms do not behave like impervious surfaces, but rather as disconnected impervious surfaces with substantial infiltration of runoff in the areas between and beneath solar arrays. Over 240 engineering firms, solar developers, government agencies, and academic institutions from the US and abroad have already licensed our simple software tool to estimate solar farm runoff. https://lnkd.in/g2UvReEv

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management wants to be a landlord to more solar energy development in Utah and across the West, but it has a few rules: • Keep the panels off the hillsides to avoid erosion and visual blight. • Keep them near existing or planned power lines to avoid building new ones. • Keep the cows away. The BLM, which manages 42% of Utah land, has put out its draft environmental impact statement for utility scale solar development, and its preferred choice would make 3.8 million acres in the state available for solar farms. The draft is open for public comment until April 18. The federal agency looked at five alternatives for its “programmatic” EIS, which is intended to identify areas across 11 Western states where permitting and leasing for solar power plants could be expedited. Any individual project still would need to go through a separate approval process. Utah is considered a top-tier state for solar development because of its high number of sunny days year-round. #solar #solarfarms #solardevelopment #alternativeenergy #climatechange By Tim Fitzpatrick