Small US State Launches Game-Changing Agrivoltaic Project
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.
farming
Financial Investments In Smallholder Farmers Are Big Talk At UN Climate Change Conference
Smallholder farmers sustain humanity every day of the year. The 600 million smallholder farmers around the world, who are working on less than two hectares of land, are estimated to be responsible for 28-31% of total crop production and contribute 30-34% of food supply on 24% of gross agricultural area. … [continued]
Volkswagen Group Africa Launches Multifunctional Facility In Africa With Electric Tractors
In a lot of remote or rural areas across many regions on the African continent, the lack of access to mechanised resources such has tractors has been hindering agricultural productivity. Where there is access to traditional tractors, logistical issues of getting diesel to those places tend to add a premium … [continued]
Cow Farts And Belches Targeted For High Tech Methane Removal
An innovative Danish startup has developed a solution to the serious problem of methane emissions from belching, farting cows, using a farm in Indiana as a test site.
Sheep Thrive In Solar Project Opponents Tried To Kill
A massive solar project in Virginia serves double duty as a sheep farm, after surviving firestorm of opposition fueled by misinformation.
New Agrivoltaic Project Pairs High-Tech Solar Panels With Shrimp-Shaped Yams
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.
Peaches, Grapes, & The Agrivoltaic Farm Of The Future
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.
Agrivoltaic Solar Arrays Will Win The Rural Solar War, With Insects
Agrivoltaic arrays can help preserve pollinators and other insect populations, benefiting biodiversity and nearby crops as well.
Farmers In Germany Ready To Embrace Agrivoltaics
New research finds farmers in Germany are receptive to making agrivoltaics part of their operations if policy makers will get out of the way.
Gorgeous Agrivoltaic System Gilds The Rural Solar Lily
A new eye-pleasing, biobased agrivoltaic racking system combines performance, functionality, and circularity.
