Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2024 16:45:24 +0000
A plan put in place 7 years ago is bringing solar energy to the University of Pennsylvania today, thanks to a PPA with AES.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 04 Mar 2024 22:36:44 +0000
A movement is afoot to block utility-scale renewable energy projects across the US, but new clean tech investments keep getting in the way.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 21:25:03 +0000
Research by Argonne National Lab and NREL shows that agrivoltaics can actually increase the number of pollinators on a farm.
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Read moreCredit to Author: US Department of Energy| Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2024 12:01:09 +0000
Two solar facilities built on rehabilitated agricultural land were restored with native plants. Argonne researchers observed pollinators thrive. Bumblebees buzz … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 03:12:02 +0000
Haters gonna hate, but the agrivoltaics movement is gaining momentum as new evidence shows that solar panels benefit habitats and crops, too.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2024 15:39:36 +0000
The farm-to-table movement has changed the way many people look at food. But these days the agriculture business can be more than just growing and harvesting vegetables and grains. Many […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:55:57 +0000
The field of agrivoltaics is rapidly evolving to include fleets of new autonomous, mobile solar powered robots that weed and analyze crops.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2023 18:37:37 +0000
Indiana has been drifting around in the solar power doldrums, but it is poised to lead the transtition to agrivoltaics throughout the US agricultural industry.
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 19 May 2023 17:10:46 +0000
Solar plus agriculture has been one of my kicks lately. It’s a combo made in heaven, and we should see much more of it in the coming decade. I recently conducted a whole podcast on the topic that, if you haven’t listened to it yet, I highly recommend: We’ve got more news on the solar […]
Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2023 01:03:48 +0000
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 excited readers here on CleanTechnica. […]