Rutland Herald: More Vermont solar companies looking to help pollinators

Vermont’s solar farm developers are becoming more enamored with having sites double as habitat for bees and other pollinators.

Chad Farrell, founder and chief executive officer of Encore Renewable Energy, said his company was among the first to incorporate pollinator-friendly ground cover into one of its projects — an array built in Hinesburg.

“We’re basically working on a policy that all of our projects will be completed with pollinator friendly ground cover,” he said. “We’ve been working hard to get our financing partners comfortable and on board with the concept of establishing pollinator friendly ground over at these sites.”