Solar Energy, Farmland, and the Agrivoltaic Frontier
How Rural America Is Blending Clean Energy, Agriculture, and Ecological Resilience This is the third installment in JCShepard.com’s October energy series, examining how the clean energy transition is transforming rural communities. In Week 1, we explored global energy trends and the rising strain on rural grids. Last week, we focused on wind energy and how […]
The Rural Energy Revolution: How Data Centers and AI Are Reshaping Electricity Demand in America’s Heartland
A Perfect Storm for Rural Electricity This article kicks off JCShepard.com’s October energy series, exploring how the accelerating energy transition is reshaping rural communities across North America. Across the world we are using and producing more energy of all sorts. There is also a major shift unfolding beneath the surface of that energy trend: how […]