Silicon Ranch Corporation, the U.S. solar platform for Shell, announced the launch of Regenerative Energy, described as, "a verified, third-party certified product that combines clean electricity generation with carbon sequestration, ecosystem restoration, and rural economic revitalization."

To develop its Regenerative Energy program, Silicon Ranch has partnered with regenerative ranchers and local farmers, who are working with Silicon Ranch to deploy holistic land use practices on solar farms across the country. Adaptively-managed grazing animals, diverse native plants, pollinator habitat, and wildlife work together to revitalize soil, enhance biodiversity and resilient ecosystems, sequester carbon in the soil, and strengthen rural economies, the company said

Silicon Ranch has begun implementing regenerative agriculture practices on operating projects in Colorado, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Mississippi, with a plan to transition the balance of its portfolio over time. The company is integrating Regenerative Energy standards into designs for projects in its construction pipeline and is scheduled to bring more than one gigawatt of solar capacity online over the next three years.

Silicon Ranch's first new-build projects designed with the new standards are currently under construction in southwest Georgia. The company is partnering with Will Harris of White Oak Pastures to deploy the standards across more than 3,700 acres in the region.

Through a partnership with non-profit organization Restore the Earth Foundation, Silicon Ranch is developing science- and research-based standards to measure and verify the relationship between regenerative land use practices on solar farms and corresponding environmental, social, and economic outcomes.

"The Regenerative Energy verification methodology and third-party certification protocol currently under development will be aligned with globally accepted practices for voluntary, consensus-based standards development that support marketplace innovation," the company said

Verified outcomes of Regenerative Energy projects will be certified by an independent third party and will vary by project and local conditions. The spectrum of outcomes includes, among others, the following benefits:

• Sequestered carbon, biologically active soil, and improved soil formation and stabilization

• Improved air and water quality and increased water quantity

• Increased biodiversity and enhanced overall ecosystem functions

• Established pollinator habitat and endangered species habitat

• Direct and indirect local job creation, job training, empowered community participation, distributed economic impacts, and reciprocal knowledge transfers

• Generational equity, community resiliency, and volunteer opportunities

To help develop and execute its vision, Silicon Ranch hired Michael Baute as its Director of Regenerative Energy and Land Management. Baute brings more than 15 years of diverse land management experience to the company, including expertise in regenerative land use practices as well as soil and crop sciences.

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