Agrivoltaic Systems News Today

Some hope to overcome resistance in Midwest by saying solar fields and farm fields can co-exist.

Much Midwest land that could be used for solar power is tied up in row crops. Researchers are examining how to build solar panels without taking out cropland.

Farmland is well suited for solar development of all kinds, for the same reasons it’s good for growing crops – it’s largely flat, drains well and gets lots of sun.

Rural communities across the Corn Belt are skeptical about solar taking up farmland. Research is working on how to grow crops and solar together.

Pamplin Media Group January 26 2021 Oregon State University research shows that farm-operated solar arrays could provide 20% of the countrys energy needs. A study by Oregon State University researchers has determined that working farms that also host solar facilities could satisfy 20% of the future electricity demand in the United States, all at a cost that is a fraction of the countrys annual budget. Solar photovoltaic power generation in concert with agriculture, termed "agrivoltaics...