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"Take a train journey through the British countryside, and you're sure to come
across a view like the one in the photo above. When fields full of solar panels
— known as solar farms or solar parks—started to become common around 10–15
years ago, I used to gaze out on them with a mix of hope and excitement — they
offered tangible, irrefutable evidence that the renewable energy transition was
underway. But while I still welcome the sight, as they became more ubiquitous I
get a karmic pang of guilt, as more and more productive farmland is put out of
action. Food security, food price inflation, and the benefits of eating locally
and seasonally, are all negatively impacted as farmland is given over to other
uses, no matter how great those uses are.
But there is another way: agrivoltaics. In other words, letting livestock graze
— or crops grow — between the rows of solar panels. Can we really do both? Can
we have/grow our climate cake and eat it?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
