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Solar Panel Shade and Potential Health Impacts

By Stacie Peterson, National Center for Appropriate Technology Farmworkers are a particularly vulnerable population for heat-related illnesses because they perform manual labor outdoors, in direct sunlight, often in heavy, impermeable work…
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Tools for Building a Brighter and Greener Future 

By Dan Salas and Ben Campbell, University of Illinois Chicago Sustainable Landscapes Program   Building out the renewable energy capacity needed to make a clean energy transition is no easy task. Siting projects, engineering designs,…
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Energizing the Monarch Butterfly Migration

By Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago, Energy Resources Center - Sustainable Landscapes Program The iconic monarch butterfly faces numerous threats in its migration across North America. Habitat loss, invasive species, pesticide use…
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Protected: Stakeholder Engagement in Agrisolar: Co-producing Optimal Outcomes

Alexis Pascaris, National Renewable Energy Laboratory;Stacie Peterson, National Center for Appropriate Technology;Greg Plotkin, American Farmland Trust This publication intends to inspire critical thinking about the importance of social…
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Harvesting the Sun, the Agrisolar Short Film, is Available Now!

Across the country, farmers, landowners, researchers, and solar companies are working together to harvest the sun twice: once with crops, honey, pollinators, and forage for grazing animals, and again with solar panels. This co-location…
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Case Study: Alaska Agrivoltaics

Southcentral Alaska is home to the state’s first agrivoltaics project, a study that aims to uncover the best practices for harvesting from both land and sun. The research team will monitor both farmed crops and native berry plants that grow between the rows of panels at an operational solar PV array.  The solar array is situated in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, where the majority of Alaska’s farmland is located.  
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Solar and Crops: Explained

In this explainer video, AgriSolar Clearinghouse Director Stacie Peterson offers up five things to know about agrisolar and crops.
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Solar Grazing: Explained

In this explainer video, AgriSolar Clearinghouse Director Stacie Peterson offers up five things to know about agrisolar and grazing.
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Solar Pollinator Habitat and Beekeeping: Explained

In this explainer video, AgriSolar Clearinghouse Director Stacie Peterson offers up five things to know about agrisolar and pollinator habitat and beekeeping.
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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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Agrisolar Short Film Coming Soon- Watch the Trailer Now!

Coming February 27th: The Agrisolar Short Film Harvesting the Sun!
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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…
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