ASGA Call 82: Tools for Solar Pollinator Vegetation Planning + Grazing Compatibility

​Pollinator vegetation on solar sites has become an increasingly important component of solar site development, especially as communities and states institute new requirements and incentives. Designing, installing, establishing, and maintaining plant communities on large solar arrays can be costly and complex, and getting it wrong can be costly. To help the solar industry navigate the use of pollinator vegetation, the Pollinator Habitat Aligned with Solar Energy (PHASE) project, funded by a U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office grant, created a series of tools to help developers, owners, and land managers navigate vegetation management decisions.
 
For this webinar, Dan Salas of the University of Illinois Chicago, will discuss several tools provided by the PHASE project to help plan and implement pollinator vegetation, including tools cost comparison, seed mix selection, and pollinator implementation manual. He’ll cover case studies of developers using the tools for planning vegetation on their sites.

​During the presentation, we’ll also discuss what would be needed to expand these vegetation management tools to plan for sites with pollinators and grazing and what might go into tools for designing grazing on sites. That conversation will touch on the compatibility of grazing sheep on sites seeded for pollinator habitats.

​Speakers:

• ​Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago

• ​Lexie Hain, Lightsource bp

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