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There's a 1300-acre photovoltaic plant in San Benito County that sits on a 5000-acre wildlife preserve. It's a bit of a natural experiment in that area.
by persistent 7y ago
There's a 1300-acre photovoltaic plant in San Benito County that sits on a 5000-acre wildlife preserve. It's a bit of a natural experiment in that area.
- ecpottinger 7y agoI wonder if they did a survey now if they find the density of animals higher under the panels than out in the open. Once you consider heat from the sun, and hunting birds looking at small prey in open fields I would not be surprised that the panels provide shelter that the wildlife uses.
- avip 7y agoCould you help us locate it? Per wiki it should have been here https://earth.google.com/web/@36.62039334,-120.86993211,395.35866188a,2061.76817199d,35y,-154.77646094h,45.00784499t,0r/data=CjwaOhIyCgAZj8L1KFxPQkAhR-F6FK43XsAqHDM2wrAzNycxMi4wIk4gMTIwwrA1MicxMi4wIlcYAiABKAI https://earth.google.com/web/@36.62039334,-120.86993211,395....
- 0xffff2 7y agoGoogle's imagery is out of date. You can see the plant quite clearly in Planet Labs [0] (free account may be required). [0]: https://www.planet.com/explorer/#/mosaic/global_monthly_2019_07_mosaic/center/-120.881,36.637/zoom/14 https://www.planet.com/explorer/#/mosaic/global_monthly_2019...