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But agrivoltaics pairs agriculture (including grazing) and solar power production on the same plot of land.
Oregon researchers propose innovative path forward for farming’s water woes Jes Burns 2022
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Barron-Gafford has been testing agrivoltaics—a term for land that combines agriculture and solar farming—for 8 years.
The fascinating, mysterious science of combining farms and solar panels The counter 2021
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Agrivoltaics—putting solar panels on farmland—lead to astonishing productivity gains and improved energy efficiency.
The fascinating, mysterious science of combining farms and solar panels The counter + 2021
bilby commented on the word agrivoltaics
"Solar panels are not a new way of providing cheap power across much of the African continent, where there is rarely a shortage of sunshine. But growing crops underneath the panels is, and the process has had such promising trials in Kenya that it will be deployed this week in open-field farms.
Known as agrivoltaics, the technique harvests solar energy twice: where panels have traditionally been used to harness the sun’s rays to generate energy, they are also utilised to provide shade for growing crops, helping to retain moisture in the soil and boosting growth."
- https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/feb/22/kenya-to-use-solar-panels-to-boost-crops-by-harvesting-the-sun-twice?utm_content=buffer07a8b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
May 30, 2022