A herd of sheep are used to graze under Solar Stampede solar panels in Saltillo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
Brazos County landowner Ronald McGarthy looks at the back of a solar panel during a tour of a Solar Stampede site in Saltillo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
Enel Site Leader Mike Adams talks about a transfer station on a solar panel farm during a tour in Saltillo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
A herd of sheep are used to graze under Solar Stampede solar panels in Saltillo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
A herd of sheep are used to graze under Solar Stampede solar panels in Saltillo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
Brazos County landowner Ronald McGarthy looks at the back of a solar panel during a tour of a Solar Stampede site in Saltillo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
Enel Site Leader Mike Adams talks about a transfer station on a solar panel farm during a tour in Saltillo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
A herd of sheep are used to graze under Solar Stampede solar panels in Saltillo, Thursday, May 28, 2026. (Angela Piazza/The Dallas Morning News/TNS)
HOPKINS COUNTY, Texas — Clouds skated across the sky as sunshine poked through, reflecting off the sea of solar panels beneath it.
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