In A Contest Between Solar & Ethanol, There Is One Clear Winner
The attacks on solar are inspired by ignorance and greed, not reality. Solar plus storage is the future; coal is the past.
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Government Clown Can’t (Or Won’t) Tell Solar Panels & Buildings Apart From Each Other
A new USDA rule targets solar panels instead of addressing the real estate developers who are swallowing up US farms at an alarming pace.
The Most Consequential Solar Power Plant In The US Is Coming To South Carolina
Silicon Ranch and Meta are bringing a new 100-megawatt solar power plant to South Carolina, along with a land stewardship plan for soil and habitat cultivation among the solar panels.
Agrivoltaics Benefit from Comparatively High Acceptance
Study by the University of Bonn sees great potential for solar cells on grain fields or pastures Photovoltaic systems are increasingly being installed not only on roofs but also on open land. This does not always meet with citizens’ approval. What is known as agrivoltaics (Agri-PV), however, is viewed more … [continued]
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.
Crops, Cows, & Solar — In Iowa!
Solar and farming go well together if properly managed. The Center for Rural Affairs wants to help that to happen.
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.
Survey Finds 70% Of US Farmers Are Open To Large-Scale Solar On Farmland
If large-scale solar projects can allow for the continued use of their land for agricultural production, 70% of US farmers are open to the idea of solar developments on their farmland, according to the results of a new survey from the Solar and Storage Industries Institute. The survey, which sought … [continued]
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.
