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Agrivoltaics is a fancy name for the combination of solar panels and farming. Growing food and raising farm animals are both about harvesting the energy of the sun. So are solar farms. In some cases, they can be combined to increase the total productivity of land, which benefits human society and puts more money in the pockets of farmers. In other cases, the synergy between solar and farming is less successful. The trick is knowing which is which. Several recent developments suggest there are more positive use cases for agrivoltaics than previously thought.
Germany’s Wirtschafts Woche (Business Week) has a report on agrivoltaics in Europe this week. It says agrivoltaics have the potential to resolve the land use conflict between the energy and agricultural sectors. According to a study by the Jülich Research Center, the potential in Germany is enormous. 5,437 …