ASGA Call #96: ASGA and NLR's New Checklist for Implementing Solar Grazing
What does successful solar grazing actually look like in practice, and how should it be measured?
To address this challenge, the American Solar Grazing Association and the National Laboratory of the Rockies (previously the National Renewable Energy Laboratory) developed Means and Metrics: The Standard Checklist for Solar Grazing, the first comprehensive framework for evaluating solar grazing systems.
We’ll also briefly introduce ASGA’s new resource, A Quick Guide to Agrivoltaics Monitoring & Research Design, which was created in partnership with The Nature Conservancy, and outlines core principles for collecting reliable data on agricultural and ecological outcomes under solar infrastructure.
Built from a review of existing research and informed by real-world experience, the Means and Metrics report provides the first comprehensive framework for understanding the means of successful implementation and the metrics for evaluating performance across solar grazing projects. The guide is organized into six major areas: social, economic, ecological, livestock, grazing management, and site design. The report provides practical tools for planning, record-keeping, and decision-making.
In this webinar, ASGA and a panel of industry experts will walk through sections of the report. They'll discuss how graziers and solar owners and operators can use these checklists to follow industry best practices when implementing solar grazing. Panelists will discuss how these standards can help improve transparency, strengthen grazing systems, and support long-term project success.
Whether you are a solar grazier, developer, landowner, or researcher, this session will provide practical tools for evaluating and strengthening solar grazing systems.
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