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Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves To Be A Bumper Crop For Agrivoltaic Land Use::undefined

  • @[email protected]English
    14•2 years ago

    Agrivoltaics isn’t the golden goose that you read here and there. There are limited sets of applications, and it requires the application of semi permanent structures which heavily impact on the logistics of field management and operations. Also, the efficiency of such plants isn’t as high as that of a pure solar farm, whilst potentially reducing the yields. Its a cool tech but not one that can save us.

    • CavemanEnglish
      11•2 years ago

      Yields with solar are crop dependent. Some crops like berries yield more with solar panel cover.

    • tryptaminev 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺English
      6•2 years ago

      The combination has significantly higher yield than the respective reductions though. A farmer applying it will make less money on farming, but much more money in total. But given teh increase in temperatures and droughts due to climate change, the combination can secure yields, as it keeps plants from getting sunburnt and drying out as fast.

      • @[email protected]English
        4•2 years ago

        Depends. Climate, culture, even the size of the farms. Again, its not an investment that automatically pays off.

          • @[email protected]English
            1•2 years ago

            I mean that it’s not always a viable investiment, based on the size and the type of farm and even the agricultural practices adopted. *horticultural products work fairly well with agrovoltaic farms *pastures also work rather well with such kind of solar panels *other coltures are not necessarily suited *precision agriculture and precision irrigation system are the future, in this case agrivoltaics may work well however, it is not garanteed that this transition is easy for various farms. Agribusiness corporation have the means to do that, for example.