I have been a fellow of the Media Education Lab (MEL) at the University of Rhode Island for a couple of decades. That means I’m part of a community of international, national, and regional leaders who promote media literacy. I’ve run MEL conferences, delivered workshops, co-authored white papers, and collaborated … [continued]
Lexington, Kentucky — On Thursday, the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council will hear a zoning ordinance text amendment (ZOTA) that would open up no greater than one percent of Fayette County, including agriculturally zoned land, for large-scale solar development. The ZOTA would require that any such solar projects be “agrivoltaic,” enabling the … [continued]
This week, as part of our summer travels around New England, hubby and I have reserved a Vermont farmhouse. The rolling hills are lush and verdant. Generations of farmers have planted creamy hydrangea and purple phlox. Native columbine, wild grapes, and milkweed feed pollinators are among the thousands of plants … [continued]
16 agrivoltaic projects in the state of New Jersey have just gotten approval to move forward by the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU). Together, the projects aren’t huge, but they do total 52.06 more megawatts of clean, renewable energy, produced on land productively being used for agricultural purposes. … [continued]
Over 10,000 entries from 177 countries mark the highest participation in the Prize’s history. Submissions increased 32% year-on-year, reflecting sustained local led momentum for scalable global impact. Through 139 winners, the Prize has positively impacted more than 411 million lives worldwide. ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — The Zayed Sustainability … [continued]
Agrivoltaics works where panels provide useful farm functions such as shade, crop protection or water resilience, not merely where crops survive beside solar.
Agrivoltaics is appealing because it seems to solve two land-use problems at once. Put solar panels and farming on the same land, and the conflict between food and electricity appears to soften. The farm keeps producing, the panels produce power, and the project can be described as more sophisticated than … [continued]
One of the biggest criticisms of utility-scale solar is that it competes with agriculture for land. As countries race to add more renewable energy, that debate has become increasingly relevant in the Philippines, where arable land is both limited and economically important. Agrivoltaics offers a different approach. Instead of converting … [continued]
The US may continue to pursue algae biofuel in one form of another, though the cultivation demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was a flop (cropped, courtesy of Sandia National Laboratory).
The US may continue to pursue algae biofuel in one form of another, though the cultivation demonstration at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was a flop.
New initiative, chaired by NextPower, will bring together leaders from the solar and agricultural sectors to accelerate the global deployment of AgriPV. The Global Solar Council (GSC) today announced the launch of its new AgriPV Task Force, a global initiative designed to accelerate the growth of agrivoltaics (AgriPV) and unlock one of the most significant … [continued]
Algae biofuel is beginning to show up as a sustainable substitute for diesel in heavy equipment, potentially leading to widespread commercial application at some point in the future (cropped, courtesy of BRK Technology).
The Reflecting Pool in Washington, DC has emerged as a high profile showcase for the US algae biofuel industry, demonstrating the rapid growth cycle of a sustainable, oil-rich domestic energy resource.
