AgriVoltaics 2024 Student Design Competition
January 29, 2024
Students interested in the creative and holistic design and development of agrivoltaic systems that combine the use of solar photovoltaic power on agricultural lands are being encouraged to "Solve This Challenge"…
How Agrisolar Helped the Cows Come Home to One Northeast Farm
For more than 150 years, Knowlton Family Farms in Grafton, Massachusetts, has been a family-owned operation. It has grown and shrunk over the years, and now it is back in a period of expansion thanks to combining solar-energy production with…
Case Study: Oregon Agrivoltaic Research Facility
Cantaloupe melons growing between rows of solar panels.
By Anna Richmond-Mueller, NCAT Energy Analyst
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Just south of Portland, Oregon, researchers with Oregon State University (OSU) are putting agrisolar principles to the…
California Germany Agrivoltaics Conference
Researchers, developers, farmers, and others attending the recent California Germany Agrivoltaics Conference explored ways the solar and agriculture industries can partner to combat climate change and help farms and ranches be more resilient.…
Harvest the Sun — Twice
Vines growing among solar arrays. Photo: NCAT
By Brian Naughton, Co-Founder Circle Two, LLC. This article was first published in the NM Healthy Soil blog.
The sun provides abundant energy here in New Mexico, something I’ve appreciated…
Getting Started with Agrisolar – Tutorial
This tutorial will help you step through the initial decisions to start an agrisolar project. The first few slides of this tutorial provide a background on agrisolar. The remaining slides allow you to choose your path into agrisolar.
New Mexico’s Chile Crop Is Hot on Agrivoltaics
New Mexico has tremendous potential in solar energy production thanks to its consistently sunny weather and high levels of solar irradiance. Presently, the state's solar market holds a value of $3.2 billion with significant room for expansion. As stakeholders express increasing interest, they are discovering a trend observed in several other states: some of the most favorable locations for extensive solar developments are within agricultural production fields. The concept of integrating photovoltaic (PV) panels into these fields, known as agrivoltaics, has gathered attention and investment.
Case Study: University of Delaware Agrisolar Research
As we strive for climate change solutions, competition over land for food production or clean energy production is an emerging challenge to address this challenge, demonstrations of systems that produce energy and food on the same land are…
Case Study: Hawai’i Agriculture Research Center
Crops growing under solar panels at the Hawai’i Agriculture Research Center.
By Anna Richmond-Mueller, NCAT Energy Analyst
In Mililani, Hawai’i, a one-acre agrivoltaic research and development site run by the Hawai’i…
North Metro TV Features AgriSolar Farm to Table Event
Thanks to NCAT’s AgriSolar Clearinghouse and its partners, people across the country are enjoying local food produced underneath solar panels. The most recent farm to table event, held in partnership with Big River Farms at Connexus Energy,…
Grants Available for Projects Showcasing Agrivoltaics in Colorado
PRESS RELEASE Colorado Department of Agriculture October 3, 2023
Solar Sampler attendees at Jack’s Solar Garden.
To help demonstrate one of the many ways agriculture can contribute to addressing the…
Responses Requested for First-Ever National Solar Grazing Census
Sheep grazing at Brookfield agrisolar site. Photo: AgriSolar Clearinghouse
By Alyssa Andrew and Greg Plotkin
As solar development around the nation continues to accelerate, opportunities for farmers to graze livestock on solar…