Agrivoltaics Make The Leap From Rural To Urban Farming
Detroit’s Solar Neighborhoods initiative deploys agrivoltaics to replace blighted properties with solar energy, urban farms, and biodiverdity restoration.
Detroit’s Solar Neighborhoods initiative deploys agrivoltaics to replace blighted properties with solar energy, urban farms, and biodiverdity restoration.
A new agrivoltaic project in California will incorporate solar grazing, putting non-prime farmland to use for sheep farming as well as renewable energy production.
The solar grazing phenomenon is taking off like a rocket as more developers incorporate agrivoltaic design into solar arrays on farmland.
Space-saving bifiacial PV technology is a new addition to the dual-use agrivoltaic movement, which enables farmers to continue working their land while realizing income from solar projects.
Solar researchers have uncovered some tantalizing clues about the impact of agrivoltaic projects on the health and grazing habits of sheep, leading to a connection with improvements in wool quality.
Solar arrays and agriculture are strategically combined in the emerging science of agrivoltaics, focusing on farmer income, sustainable land use, and energy independence.
A new agrivoltaic array leverages the shade from solar panels to enhance growing conditions for the Japanese yam ebi-imo, demonstrating how food crops can co-exist with electricity production.
The US solar developer BlueWave has launched a suite of five agrivoltaics projects in Massachusetts, including a community solar angle that benefits local ratepayers as well as farmers.
A high tech agrivoltaic tracking system uses an algorithm to shift horizontal solar panels over grape vines, promoting crop growth while harvesting solar energy, too.
A leading solar developer is deploying agrivoltaics to help scale up production of the perennial grain Kernza in the US.