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https://www.nature.org/en-us/magazine/magazine-articles/agrivoltaic-solar-farm-grows-produce/>
"Just south of Longmont, Colorado, in the sun-drenched foothills of the Front
Range, is a small but bustling family-owned farm. On an average summer day at
Jack’s Solar Garden, people growing spinach, sage and strawberries mingle with
students studying sustainable food production, as bees and other pollinators
hum around flowers.
For all its lushness at ground level, from a bird’s-eye view the five acres
that make up Jack’s Solar Garden are partially covered by dark glass. That’s
because of the 3,276 photovoltaic panels on-site, which together generate 1.2
megawatts, enough to power about 300 homes.
This type of combination of produce and solar panels is called agrivoltaics, a
relatively new and exciting idea that can provide ecological, economic and
community benefits in addition to clean energy. Agrivoltaics could also be part
of the solution to one of the most pressing issues facing our efforts to
transition to clean energy: how to build electrical capacity while minimizing
loss of farmlands and harm to ecosystems in the process."
Via
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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
