Fruit Grower Builds Solar Panels to Protect His Pears: 'Soil Used Twice'

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A fruit grower in Schoonrewoerd has started a trial with solar panels above his pear trees. The panels should protect his fruit from extreme weather, while also generating electricity. "If this works, we really have an innovation here." Grower Jan Brouwer picks some leaves from his pear trees. The Gieser Wildemannen - often used as stewing pears - look great, he says. But secretly the fruit grower is looking forward to what a group of men are pl…