Agrivoltaics Is Making Friends Across Partisan Lines, Thanks To Farmers
Agrivoltaics beats fossil fuels with a bottom line case for farmers to install solar panels on their land.
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Regenerative Agriculture Finds Its Mojo, With Or Without Agrivoltaics
Private investors, public funding, and agrivoltaics are all converging on regenerative agriculture like a thousand points of light.
Number World’s Farms To Halve By 2100
“The size of the farm and the number of farms that exist are associated with key environmental and social outcomes.”
Solar Power & Farming: A Win–Win–Win–Win
Solar energy is critical to almost all forms of farming. As we learn as kids, sunshine is a critical ingredient to plant growth. But what about the combination of solar power — solar PV power — and farming? For the most part, this combo has always tickled people’s interest and … [continued]
Say Hello To The Floating Farm In Rotterdam
A Floating Farm in Rotterdam is teaching farmers how to grow food in a sustainable way without using any arable land.
Funding Notice: Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale (FARMS)
Office: Solar Energy Technologies Office FOA number: DE-FOA-002697 Link to apply: Apply on EERE Exchange FOA Amount: $8 million On May 5, 2022, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale (FARMS) funding opportunity, which will award $8 million in funding for projects … [continued]
Gridtractor Launches Fleet Electrification For Farmers
Electrifying One Medium-Sized Tractor in California Reduces Carbon Emissions by as Much as Replacing 45 Cars with EVs
Regenerative Organic Certification (ROC): Farm Like The World Depends On It
If you spend any time grocery shopping, you have probably noticed a proliferation of product labels — organic, keto, vegan, “made with whole grains,” and more. Some of these labels have strict standards, some do not.
Solar Energy Can Save The Family Farm, But Trouble Looms
Everybody talks about saving the family farm, but when family farmers turn to solar energy for economic sustainability, not everybody is a fan.
Solar Plants Are Cropping Up On Farms
If the United States wants to kick its coal habit, it will need to install a lot more solar power. That raises an important question: Where should all those panels reside?
They could always go live on a farm upstate.
