An Alaska Solar Farm Produces Food, Too

Produce and power are both costly in the state. So researchers are testing ways to address both issues using the same land.

The New York Times
In which a consulting superhero with dual passports and a parade of ex-clients like #Blackberry (still a thing? 🤔) dives headfirst into solar farming with the excitement of a kid trying to sell lemonade in the rain. 🌧️ Meanwhile, a postdoc in Michigan probably asks, "Who invited this guy to the solar party?" as they sift through a mountain of incomprehensible data. 📊
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"By using #solar panels, farmers can simultaneously protect their plants, save #water and lower their energy bills.

Some plants actually produced more with less water. Cowpea beans, for example – also known as black-eyed peas – had a higher crop yield when grown in the shade of solar panels. Full sun required twice as much water, it turned out."

https://azmirror.com/briefs/arizona-farmers-turn-to-solar-panels-to-shade-crops-save-water-and-generate-power/
#agrivoltaics #SolarFarming

Arizona farmers turn to solar panels to shade crops, save water and generate power • Arizona Mirror

For 31 straight days last summer, temperatures in Phoenix hit or topped 110 degrees, the longest such streak ever. That searing Arizona heat dehydrates crops and evaporates water the state needs to conserve

Arizona Mirror

A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea.

READ MORE: https://myelectricsparks.com/italy-is-building-a-huge-farm-in-the-sea-that-combines-floating-solar-and-floating-wind-turbines/

#italy #Solar #Solarfarming #loniansea