LRE (Leeward Renewable Energy), a leading renewable energy company, advancing sustainable land use through solar grazing. From Leeward Renewable Energy: https://www.lreus.com/lre-to-host-solar-sheep-grazing-training-with-asga/ LRE (Leeward Renewable Energy) will host its first grazing training at the Morrow Lake Solar facility in Frio County, Texas, on October 23 in collaboration with the American Solar Grazing Association (ASGA). The sessionContinue reading “LRE to Host Solar Sheep Grazing Training with American Solar Grazing Association”
Category Archives: Conservation
Ørsted’s Mockingbird Solar Center Named “Solar Ecosystem of the Year” at the 2025 North American Agrivoltaics Awards
From Ørsted: https://us.orsted.com/news-archive/2025/08/orsteds-mockingbird-solar-center-named-solar-ecosystem-of-the-year Ørsted announced today that the Mockingbird Solar Center in Lamar County, Texas has been awarded Solar Ecosystem of the Year at the 2025 North American Agrivoltaics Awards. This award, conferred at the Solar Farm Summit in Chicago on August 4, recognizes leadership in integrating utility-scale solar with ecosystem stewardship. Hosted in partnership with The American FarmlandContinue reading “Ørsted’s Mockingbird Solar Center Named “Solar Ecosystem of the Year” at the 2025 North American Agrivoltaics Awards”
Audubon: Responsibly Sited Renewables Are a Heatwave Buffer in Texas
From Audubon Texas: https://tx.audubon.org/news/responsibly-sited-renewables-are-heatwave-buffer-texasBy Lisa Gonzalez, Vice President and Executive Director As temperatures soared past 100°F across Texas this week, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) projected a new May record for statewide electricity demand—highlighting the increasing strain on our power grid. In recent years, we have seen the system pushed to the edgeContinue reading “Audubon: Responsibly Sited Renewables Are a Heatwave Buffer in Texas”
Apex and Ducks Unlimited Launch Landmark Conservation Partnership
Collaboration Has the Potential to Direct Over $6 Million to Critical Wildlife Habitats Through 2029 From Apex Clean Energy Apex Clean Energy today announced a five-year partnership with Ducks Unlimited, Inc. (DU), that could provide more than $6 million—and as much as $18 million in matching contributions—to fund conservation efforts in regions where Apex’s developmentContinue reading “Apex and Ducks Unlimited Launch Landmark Conservation Partnership”
Apex Clean Energy Awards $1.2 Million to Conservation Efforts in Kansas, Iowa, and Texas
Industry’s First “Conservation Grant Program” Works to Enhance Ecosystems and Habitats Near Clean Energy Projects Apex Clean Energy today announced the recipients of its 2022 Conservation Grant Program, totaling $1.2 million in funding for conservation projects near the company’s commercialized renewable energy sites. The program, which represents the first of its kind within the cleanContinue reading “Apex Clean Energy Awards $1.2 Million to Conservation Efforts in Kansas, Iowa, and Texas”
Ørsted and The Nature Conservancy to Protect Threatened Texas Prairie at Mockingbird Solar Center
Nearly 1,000 acres of tallgrass prairie will be preserved with Ørsted’s gift to The Nature Conservancy Today, Ørsted, a leading clean energy company, announced a collaboration with The Nature Conservancy (TNC) to protect almost 1,000 acres of native prairie in northeast Texas. Less than one percent of the original tallgrass prairies of Texas survive today, and less thanContinue reading “Ørsted and The Nature Conservancy to Protect Threatened Texas Prairie at Mockingbird Solar Center “