What is Smart Solar℠? Smart Solar℠ refers to solar projects that meet three main, equally important goals: (1) safeguarding land well-suited for farming and ranching, (2) strengthening farm viability, and
Agrivoltaics is the practice of bringing together agricultural activities and photovoltaics (PV)—using the same land to harvest solar energy and reap agricultural benefits, like grazing, crop
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) are working together to support farmers and rural communities make informed decisions about renewable energy.
This farmer-centered approach ensures that the land under the solar array is actively used for agriculture, helping to mitigate the loss of farmland. One notable benefit of agrivoltaics is that it
The practice was developed in part to allow for expanded solar development to address climate change without the land-use challenges often associated with large-scale solar operations.
Also called solar farming, agri-solar, agri-pv, and dual-use, the general idea is to provide room for farming activities in and around solar arrays. Meanwhile, farmers gain revenue by leasing...
The process of combining agricultural production and solar panels on the same farmland, known as agrivoltaics, has seen a great leap in Cornell research activity.
Agrivoltaics: Considerations Co-locating Solar and Agricultural Agrivoltaics—blending solar energy with farming—offers a potential dual-use land strategy, but is dependent upon site-specific environmental
We prioritize responsible solar siting, robust agriculture and livestock production integrated with solar, and incentivizing the uptake and adoption of agrivoltaics.
Agrivoltaics are the co-location of ground-mounted rows of solar photovoltaic panels to produce electricity together with raising certain types of crops or livestock or providing pollinator
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