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Renewable energy advocate submits Solar Farm design to LEGO Ideas

By Kelsey Misbrener | March 5, 2021

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Rob Davis, a renewable energy enthusiast whose day job is leading the Center for Pollinators in Energy at Fresh Energy, submitted a model that has a chance of becoming the first solar farm kit produced by LEGO.

LEGO Ideas allows users to submit ideas for Lego products to be turned into potential sets available commercially, with the original designer receiving 1% of the royalties. Davis’s Solar Farm must receive at least 10,000 votes to be considered for a commercial set.

Davis and a friend used the Brinklink Studio, a CAD for LEGO tool, to create the design and access all the pieces and colors that LEGO manufactures. His Solar Farm LEGO kit includes solar panels, pollinator-friendly ground cover, honey bee hives, grazing sheep, an inverter control box and an engineer/site manager/grazer.

“I’m hopeful this connects with aspiring engineers, as well as current engineers and many others, in the same way it has clicked with my family and kids,” Davis said.

To vote for the Solar Farm, click here.

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Kelsey Misbrener

Kelsey is managing editor of Solar Power World and host of the Contractor's Corner podcast.

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  1. Vin says

    March 13, 2021 at 4:42 pm

    How simplistic

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  2. Twinkle Vinod says

    March 13, 2021 at 4:41 pm

    Fantastic project

    Reply
  3. Chalil P Vinod says

    March 13, 2021 at 4:39 pm

    Great idea

    Reply
  4. Green Ridge Solar says

    March 8, 2021 at 12:51 pm

    Love this! What a cool way to introduce the idea of sustainability and renewable energy to children. Cute!

    Reply

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