
Case Study: Far Niente Winery
Photo courtesy of Far Niente Winery
By Anna Adair, NCAT Energy Program Assistant
At Far Niente Winery, respecting the land and all it provides is just second nature. Since 1979, their winemakers have been coaxing award-winning wines out…

Farmland, Family, and the Future of Solar Energy
By Stephanie Hince, AES
Although Grafton, Massachusetts, is just an hour west of Boston, life there is very different. Grafton is a friendly country town with a lovely historical feel. It has been a farming community for centuries, where…

November Teatime: The Effectiveness of Growing Forage and Grain Crops on Solar Sites with Sabrina Portner, UMN
In November, Sabrina Portner from the University of Minnesota presented on her exciting research into growing 14 different forage and grain crops at three different solar sites. The forages and grain were grown in the context of feeding…

Fact Sheet: Making the Case for Solar Beekeeping
Written for the AgriSolar Clearinghouse by Center for Rural Affairs

AgriSolar Podcast Ep. 1: Growing Crops Among the Solar Panels in Colorado
The AgriSolar Clearinghouse Podcast officially kicks off with a conversation between Meg Caley, Executive Director and co-founder of the Colorado nonprofit Sprout City Farms and AgriSolar Clearinghouse Director Stacie Peterson. They discuss the many additive benefits of agrisolar, the challenges of farming in an obstacle course, and the importance of community.

Case Study: UMass South Deerfield Pilot Project
Photo: AgriSolar Clearinghouse
The South Deerfield dual-use array is a research facility built at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Crop and Animal Research and Education Farm. The pilot project is the result of a team leveraging private,…

Case Study: Joe Czajkowski Farm
The Joe Czajkowski Farm project will be a commercial agrivoltaic array in Hadley, Massachusetts, set to be completed in time for the 2023 growing season. The project was developed through a partnership with Joe and Hyperion Systems, Amherst,…

New Federal Solar Tax Credit Resources Available
The U.S. Department of Energy and the Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) have developed new resources to help Americans navigate changes in the solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) that occurred after the passing of the Inflation Reduction…

The International Landscape of Solar Farms and Agrivoltaics
Rebecca A. Efroymson, Environmental Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory); and Jonathan M. O. Scurlock, Chief Adviser for Renewable Energy & Climate Change, National Farmers’ Union of England and Wales
Solar photovoltaic (PV) power,…

Case Study: Texas Solar Sheep
In partnership with Lightsource BP, Texas Solar Sheep grazes over 1,800 sheep on a solar site in Deport, Texas. These sheep are grazed in groups of 50 to 75, 250 to –270, and even 500, making Texas Solar Sheep one of the largest Agrisolar…

Case Study: Summit Plant Labs
Agriculture Type: Specialty greenhouse farming
Project Type: Small commercial net-metering agrivoltaic system
Project Size: 26.7kW-DC
Project Design: Solar fence structure, SolarEdge inverters, 72-cell bifacial solar panels
Location:…

Case Study: Sandbox Solar Agrivoltaics Research Site at Colorado State University’s ARDEC South
All photos courtesy of Sandbox Solar
Agriculture Type: Specialty crop research farming
Project Type: Small commercial net metering agrivoltaic system
Project Size: 11.4kW-AC
Project Design: Solar pole mount structure, SolarEdge…