California’s Central Valley is one of the country’s richest farming regions, blessed with fertile soils, sunny days and a massive man-made system of irrigation canals and reservoirs.
A canal cuts through farmland in Buttonwillow, Calif. Farmer Todd Tracy is converting 2,600 acres to a solar project because the lack of water prevents him from growing some crops.
The Midway Substation in Buttonwillow, Calif., is to connect with power generated by solar projects on nearby farmland. Farmers are converting their fields to solar due to lack of water.
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Farmer Todd Tracy is converting 2,600 acres of his Buttonwillow, Calif., farm to solar.
