Michael Baute
Director of Regenerative Energy
Silicon Ranch
As the Director of Regenerative Energy and Land Management, Michael is responsible for developing and implementing the strategy and internal plans to establish Silicon Ranch as the solar industry leader in cost-effective regenerative land management by transitioning the care of our land towards more holistic methods. Key to this goal is the integration of regenerative agriculture and carbon farming practices into the long-term land management strategies of utility-scale solar power plants. Michael comes to Silicon Ranch with more than 15 years of diverse land management experience- from fighting wildfires in Alaska to holistically managing large-scale cattle and bison ranches in Colorado and Kentucky. From local food system innovation work in Fort Collins to target grazing for ecosystem service goals throughout the west and midwest, Michael’s extensive boots-on-the ground experience is balanced by his formal education in Soil and Crop Sciences and his entrepreneurial background.