VACES2025 - DER Puzzle - JLord - Final(2).pptx

1、Page 1,RWE Clean Energy and Distributed Clean Energy-Solar Farm Summit 2025,05.06.2026,VA Clean Energy Summit 2025Pieces of the DER Puzzle,Page 2,05.06.2026,The Transmission grid is like a highway,the Distribution grid is like local roads100%of electricity from DERs STAYS in the community where its

2、generatedProducing some food locally is good we call it“Farm to Table”Producing some electricity locally is good its“Solar Farm to Outlet”Solar+Food produced on the same land is like a CSAA common-sense part of a secure home-grown energy&food mix!Jeff Lord,VP Project Development,RWE-J,Distribution C

3、onnected Solar is Vital,Page 3,RWE Clean Energy and Distributed Clean Energy-Solar Farm Summit 2025,05.06.2026,Solar as Land StewardshipEd BrolinVP Policy Development&Distributed Government R,Page 4,05.06.2026,Experts in land management/agriculture should be on every teamTreat the energy production

4、facility like a farm if you want it to be a farmDistribution scale projects present a unique opportunity to connect to local foodsheds in diverse waysBeekeeping/Pollinator Habitat fit great,Allison WickhamSiller Pollinator Company,Page 5,05.06.2026,DER sites provide the opportunity to get farming op

5、erations as diverse as they were before WWI.-Multi-Species Grazing-Diversification-Sheep are just the gateway animal,Why does it matter?,Agrivoltaics in Practice:Not Just Sheep,Page 6,05.06.2026,Farmers market typical meat sales:Turkey$7 lbChicken$5 lbGoose$8 lb,-Studies in Aus are showing better wo

6、ol quality-Studies in the US:Dry areas better growth of kale,peppers,broccoli.-In France.In 2024,another drought year,yields continued to exceed the control by 61%for Chardonnay.,Veg,Wine,and More!,True life Examples,Page 7,05.06.2026,Beef/Dairy geneticsSheep