{"type":"video","version":"1.0","html":"<iframe src=\"https://www.loom.com/embed/77da02176c874fc4ac6b3f5d3db0e664\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>","height":1920,"width":2560,"provider_name":"Loom","provider_url":"https://www.loom.com","thumbnail_height":1920,"thumbnail_width":2560,"thumbnail_url":"https://cdn.loom.com/sessions/thumbnails/77da02176c874fc4ac6b3f5d3db0e664-full-1663733461200.jpg","duration":6069,"title":"ASGA Teatime: Vegetation Management at Operating Solar Sites with Keanen Ryan and Lexie Hain","description":"09/20/22\n\nWhat are asset managers looking for when they evaluate proposals from solar graziers? What kinds of concerns do asset managers have about grazing that need to be resolved to get to the contract stage? \n\nKeanen Ryan and Lexie Hain from Lightsource bp join us for a wonderful conversation revolving around these questions from the solar operations perspective. Keanen and Lexie also discussed they’re looking for from graziers in terms of services and experience in order to meet the economic and sustainability standards of Lightsource bp.\n\nHosts: Kevin Richardson (ASGA) and Victorian Smart from the AgriSolar Clearing House\n\nAbout the Speakers\n\nKeanen Ryan is a Director of Asset Management at Lightsource bp. Keanen is responsible for leading a team of Asset Managers responsible for a portfolio of utility scale solar power plants in operations and commissioning across the US. Keanen studied engineering at Northwestern University, and served in the Navy from 2009 to 2014. Shortly after leaving the service, he started his career in renewables first as an asset manager for wind power plants, later transitioning to solar asset management in 2017. He joined Lightsource bp in the fall of 2021.\n\nLexie Hain is a Director of Agrivoltaics and Land Management at Lightsource bp. Lexie holds a MSc from University of Edinburgh (UK) in Environmental Sustainability (2001) and a B.S. from Cornell University, Agriculture and Life Sciences (1999). A farm owner since 2003, she owned and operated a horticultural plant nursery (2005-2015). Lexie has raised sheep for solar grazing since 2017, contracting the flocks for vegetation maintenance in the Northeastern United States. She co-founded and directed the American Solar Grazing Association (ASGA), from 2018-2022. During this time, ASGA grew to a membership of 500 subscribers, hosting 50 solar grazing webinars, developing the www.solargrazing.org website and the first agrivoltaics contracts. ASGA was granted three major research awards during that time. Awards with NYSERDA, Cornell University, and NREL, to document solar site ecological and economic performance and establish critical data for the emerging solar grazing industry. Currently Lexie coordinates research projects and partnerships, including the SETO-funded PHASE project at LSbp Bellflower Solar project. She looks forward to advancing agrivoltaics at Lightsource bp."}