The Agrivoltaic Juggernaut & The Agricultural Revolution Of The 21st Century
The agrivoltaic movement is gathering speed and forming into an unstoppable, transformational force in the global agriculture industry.
Agriculture
Massive Ohio Solar & Agrivoltaic Project Has Locals Riled Up
Local opposition to a huge solar and battery storage installation west of Columbus, Ohio, is part of a pattern promoted by Big Oil.
World’s First Commerical Seaweed Farm In An Offshore Wind Farm
The crowded waters of the North Sea will make room for a first-of-its kind seaweed farm, to be co-located with an offshore wind farm.
Precision Agriculture: The Future of Farming
In my last post, I whined about the lack of investment support for public benefit types of companies (ahem), particularly from the big money players. Climate tech VC and corporate strategic investment are super, super critical elements of the clean tech revolution. I want to take nothing away from their … [continued]
Precision Agriculture: Does Climate Tech VC Money Flow Into Agri-Chemicals & Monocrops?
In my experience, climate tech venture capital money is not so different from regular VC money. They still invest only in hockeystick type companies, long shots that might go bust quick, or might go big. VCs make 20 bets hoping that one of them becomes the next Uber and makes … [continued]
Green Sharp Sand Beaches As A Carbon Drawdown Technology?
Carbon capture, direct air capture, and carbon direct removal are back in the hype cycle again, so yet again I’m looking at solutions that are technically interesting, if not remotely likely to scale. Under the microscope today is Vesta Earth, which is exploring olivine weathering as a beach sand supplementation … [continued]
400 US Farmers Enlisted In New Rural Wind Power Smackdown
The Biden administration aims to recruit 400 farmers to help tap into vast reserves of untapped wind power in the US.
The State of Arizona & The US Forest Service Fight Battles For Clean Water
For various reasons, many of us have spent time without a roof over our heads. For some, it’s homelessness that brought us there. For others, it was military service or other government work. For the craziest of us (I’m in this last category) we did it for fun or as … [continued]
From Farm to Fuel: Inside Eni’s African Biofuels Gamble
An in-depth look behind the scenes of Eni’s new green strategy: developing new agricultural production channels from scratch in six African countries to supply its refineries and the emerging “green” aviation market. All against the backdrop of the Meloni government’s new influence strategy in Africa, the Mattei Plan, which gives … [continued]
Agrivoltaics May Actually Be Good For Farms And Farmers. Who Knew?
Research by Argonne National Lab and NREL shows that agrivoltaics can actually increase the number of pollinators on a farm.
