Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solar panels on grasslands can generate electricity and useful forage or wildlife habitat. Matthew Sturchio, CC BY-ND Grasses ...

For 31 straight days last summer, temperatures in Phoenix hit or topped 110 degrees, the longest such streak ever. That searing Arizona heat dehydrates crops and evaporates water the state needs to ...

HUNTERTOWN, Ind. (WANE) — While high temperatures continue to blanket Indiana, this flock of sheep keeps cool in the shade underneath Northeastern REMC’s solar panels. Zach Warner, a local sheep ...

Linda Hezel harvests basil in the shade of the solar array on Aug. 5 at her farm in Kearney. “When it’s super brutal out, I’m so grateful for the shade,” Hezel said, adding that it’s safer to work ...

Solar panels are no longer just lining barn roofs and field edges, they are rising directly above rows of vegetables, orchards and vineyards, reshaping how food and power are produced on the same ...

WASHINGTON — As schools and parks across the United States rip up playgrounds, a D.C. councilmember said he wants to save a childhood fixture that has become dangerously hot using solar panels. The ...

Linda Hezel gets up early to clip herbs, vegetables and produce from the plants on her farm north of Kansas City. “I'm trying peppers which you normally think would be only in full sun,” Hezel said.