The emerging science of agrivoltaics has barely gotten off the ground, and researchers are already figuring ways to make it even better. The goal is to amp up the electricity output in concert with optimizing crop growth within a ground-mounted solar array. In the latest development, new research indicates that transparent, see-through solar technology can “share” the same sunlight between power generation and food systems, benefiting the farmer while perhaps mollifying rural solar opponents.
The images of rows of shiny black solar panels peppering the bucolic farmlands of the US have been handily deployed by solar opponents to portray solar arrays as an aesthetic intrusion and an inappropriate use of farmland. READ FULL ARTICLE