Two former cranberry bogs in Massachusetts are producing fruit again after solar arrays were built above them. Lease income from the Black Cat and Ring Road community solar projects helps fund cultivation, while raised panels and wider rows protect farm access. Crop yields have not yet been disclosed.
(c) Dmitry Demidov

Solar income brings idle Massachusetts cranberry bogs back

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Two former cranberry bogs in Massachusetts are producing fruit again after solar arrays were built above them. Lease income from the Black Cat and Ring Road community solar projects helps fund cultivation, while raised panels and wider rows protect farm access. Crop yields have not yet been disclosed.

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