Best Practices in Agrisolar

Agrisolar is the co-location of agriculture and solar energy in a landscape. This guide covers the state-of-the-art best practices for growing crops, grazing, beekeeping, and creating pollinator habitat under and around solar arrays. A chief…

Solar Thermal Energy

By Stacie Peterson and Chris Lent, National Center for Appropriate Technology Agrivoltaics is a practice defined as the co-location of crops and grazing under and adjacent to solar photovoltaic panels. The concept of agrisolar co-location…

Solar Panel Shade and Potential Health Impacts

Crops Uniquely Suited to Growth in Agrivoltaic Settings  

Gary Paul Nabhan, PhD., Agroecologist, Borderlands Restoration Network  When most Americans think of crop production, they tend to imagine crops growing in full sunlight to achieve their full potential for productivity. But over decades,there…

Ecosystem Services of Habitat-Friendly Solar Energy 

Leroy J. Walston, Heidi Hartmann, Laura Fox, Michael Ricketts, Ben Campbell, and Indraneel Bhandari, Argonne National Laboratory   This section highlights several types of agrivoltaic options related to ecosystem services that…

Solar Grazing Best Management Practices 

American Solar Grazing Association  1. Introduction to Solar Grazing  …
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Fact Sheet: Making the Case for Crops + Solar

By Stacie Peterson, PhD, NCAT; and Heidi Kolbeck-Urlacher, Center for Rural AffairsMarch 2024 Agrisolar practices, also called agrivoltaics, are the co-location of agriculture and solar within the landscape. They include solar co-located…
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Fact Sheet: Financial Considerations for Developing an Agrivoltaic System

By Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Centerat Jack's Solar Garden Compared to conventional solar energy developments, agrivoltaic systems may have different capital expenditures, cash flows, and risk impacts for a solar asset owner. Discussed…