Kari Lydersen

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Kari Lydersen has written for the Energy News Network since January 2011. She is an author and journalist who worked for the Washington Post’s Midwest bureau from 1997 through 2009. Her work has also appeared in the New York Times, Chicago News Cooperative, Chicago Reader and other publications.

Solar panels placed amid a blueberry patch

Maine farmer pairs solar panels with wild blueberries. Will the effort bear fruit?

The University of Maine is studying how mounting solar panels in wild blueberry patches will affect income and production. The plants rebounded well from construction but so far show signs of producing fewer berries.

ByKari Lydersen

September 4, 2022