America’s family farmers are facing mounting challenges. Input costs like fertilizer and diesel are going up while international markets recede and commodity prices crater. Despite these challenges, American farmers are resilient and resourceful. They make decisions every day that balance risk, reward, and long-term stewardship. They adapt to volatile commodity … [continued]
The US solar developer Silicon Ranch is exploring a new solar grazing model optimized for cattle ranching, carbon sequestration, water conservation, and land restoration all in the same space (cropped, courtesy of Silicon Ranch).
The US solar developer Silicon Ranch is exploring a new solar grazing model optimized for cattle ranching, carbon sequestration, water conservation, and land restoration all in the same space.
A new study deploys computational fluid dynamic models to describe how the solar panels in agrivoltaic systems can reduce wind damage and soil loss, outperforming natural windbreaks.
Chatgpt generated: Solar canopies covering a large commercial parking area demonstrating one of Oʻahu’s largest untapped solar resources.
Any discussion of solar power on Oʻahu has to begin with the amount of electricity the island actually needs in a fully electrified system. Earlier analysis stripped out aviation fuel for overseas flights, fuel bunkered for ships leaving the islands, and military fuel use. It also electrified transportation, buildings, and … [continued]
Robert Llewellyn, from the Everything Electric Tech show (as well as Red Dwarf and various other TV shows), recently drove a Polestar to visit a huge solar power and energy storage facility in Australia. The solar power portion has nearly one million solar panels, and there is a huge battery … [continued]
More solar power plants for the USA: the solar manufacturer Talon PV has taken another step towards the construction of a 4.8-gigawatt TOPCon solar manufacturing facility, to be located in Texas.
Agrivoltaics have been the name of the game in the past few years in the solar power industry. On the surface, it seems simple — find farmland that could benefit from co-location with solar power plants, and then plop some solar panels on areas of the land that seem most … [continued]
Hundreds of sheep graze among the panels at the Sherco Solar power plant in Minnesota, which is slated for a major solar plus storage expansion (cropped, courtesy of Excel Energy).
Hundreds of sheep graze among the panels at the Sherco Solar power plant in Minnesota, which is slated for a major solar plus storage expansion.
Utility-scale solar power plants are still a rarity in West Virginia, but a new solar grazing project in Monongalia County could help spur more activity in the future.
People are finding new and creative ways to bring more solar power to the world, from agrivoltaics in the US to islands like Jamaica.
