Special envoy to Verneuil
This Tuesday in July, in Verneuil in the Nièvre, the sheep of Emmanuel Mortelmans, a 44-year-old breeder, seek shade.
It is over 30°C in the early afternoon.
The bocage hedges that surround this 8-hectare natural meadow are not high enough to protect the animals from the sun's rays, then at the zenith.
The sheep prefer to shelter under one of the 48 rows of photovoltaic panels, fixed on tables tilted towards the South.
Between each alignment, which can reach 360 meters long by 3.6 meters wide, corridors 4 meters wide.
Sufficient space to allow a tractor to pass or to graze the ewes in the open air.
The production of solar energy makes it possible to develop areas with low agronomic potential
Michèle Boudoin, President of the National Sheep Federation
“With this strong heat, they prefer to take refuge under the panels: it is better there and the grass is greener there”
, remarks Emmanuel Mortelmans.
A landscape that stands out with that of a classic pasture.
“We are at the heart of a 70-hectare solar power plant spread over four plots…
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