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UKIAH, CA., 10/23/26 — The new solar panels at Nelson Family Vineyards don’t take up any farmland. All 252 float on the irrigation pond.
“There’s nothing fancy about it. It’s just a bunch of solar panels, but they’re floating. And that makes it really, really cool,” owner Tyler Nelson said Friday. “It’s kind of fun to watch, and I love the electricity bill.”
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