Why Harvesting Solar Energy Is a Win for America’s Farmers

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Takeaways:

  • Scientists, solar proponents, and farmers are working together to implement agrivoltaics, the practice of integrating solar installations with working farmland.
  • The solar panels reduce the amount of sunlight hitting the soil, which means there is lower water evaporation and higher yield.
  • Researchers have found that devoting 1% of US farmland to agrivoltaics would satisfy about 20% of total electricity demand.

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