Hundreds of sheep are hard at work this spring in central Minnesota — not on a farm, but beneath solar panels.

Sheep clambered out of a trailer, rushed down a ramp and spilled into a field of knee-high grass covered by rows of solar ...

Xcel Energy is managing vegetation at its Sherco Solar project by using sheep to graze beneath the solar panels. It’s an ...

The sheep, provided by Minnesota Native Landscapes, will be used as an energy-sustainable, cost-effective alternative to ...

Aguayo pointed out the pipeline was put in place before Cascade Village and Twilight Meadows were built, and over time, landscaping was planted within Xcel Energy’s easement. As a result ...

The animals deployed Thursday morning are Xcel Energy’s newest and ... Molus said sheep are a “cost competitive” landscaping solution. “You don’t have to pay a sheep to go out and ...

CLEAR LAKE, Minn. — Six hundred sheep have started grazing the prairie on Xcel Energy’s Sherco Solar 1 site in Sherburne County. On Thursday, May 29, Minnesota Native Landscapes brought a ...