SALUTE TO AG: Agrivoltaics offers win-win for agriculture, energy sectors

SALUTE TO AG: Agrivoltaics offers win-win for agriculture, energy sectors

Comparative chart of land use in the United States. (USDA)Dairy cows in Minnesota graze among hardened supports for solar arrays. (Univ. of Minnesota)Different configurations offer different advantages in solar arrays. (U.S. Dept. of Energy)Randy Weis and his mother Darlene in front of the solar array on their farm. (Journal-Advocate file photo)Chart indicates state-by-state participation in agrivoltaics. (USDA)Show Caption1 of 5Comparative char…

Examining the definition of agrivoltaics

An expansive definition of agricultural dual-use must not exclude ecosystem benefits.Dual-use solar systems that allow for the integration of agricultural uses present one of the most promising solutions to balancing the potential tensions between renewable energy development and farmland preservation. By encouraging the coexistence of agriculture and solar energy production, this dual-use matrix offers farmers and ranchers a way to maintain the…

If farmers decide to lease their roof area, they will benefit from third parties in particular. What you should consider.

'One more hoop to jump through'. Proposed Galesburg solar farm must submit new site plan

Curry Trust Solar Project is proposing a community solar development with an agrivoltaics component at at 3146 Dover Lane, located behind the former Shopko and near the Castlebury residential subdivision. (City of Galesburg) The city’s Community Development Department is requiring the developer of a proposed solar project on Galesburg’s far northwest side to submit a new site plan. contending they failed to show two recorded permanent drainage e…

A future agrivoltaic power plant project is expected to extend over 17 hectares, in the open field, to Conches-en-Ouche (Eure).