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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)
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I feel like we don't often get these positive stories, just negative ones.
But there are real upsides to "agrisolar" and "agrivoltaics" that we've known about for years.

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Solar And Agriculture Could Be Perfect Match.
[from Mar 2023]
cleanenergycouncil.org.au/news…

News Listing | Clean Energy Council

The Clean Energy Council is Australia's renewable energy association. Read about latest news and updates on our website.

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JamesAshburner

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There are examples in Oz of solar panel arrays and sheep as “happy marriage”, with panels providing shade when hot. Plus more, also.

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)

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@JamesAshburnerCBR yep, multiple examples in that article.

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)

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For example in Canada..
theconversation.com/how-shadin…

How shading crops with solar panels can improve farming, lower food costs and reduce emissions

Canada can meet its carbon emission reduction targets, make food cheap again and open up a gigantic trade surplus with the U.S. by shading farm crops with solar panels.

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NKTSecurity

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Makes the sheep and other animals a lot happier, too.

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Ian M. Mackay, PhD (he/him)

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Weirdly well timed, but Colorado...
theconversation.com/solar-pane…

Solar panels’ shade helps boost Colorado grassland productivity in dry years

Solar energy can help grasslands weather droughts in the semi-arid American West.

^{The Conversation}

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zl2tod

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Who woulda thunk that animals out in the fields would benefit from having a little shelter.

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Andrew

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"Harvesting the sun twice: Energy, food and water benefits from agrivoltaics in East Africa"

Highlights

•Agrivoltaics can generate electricity, improve crop yields, and reduce water loss.
•Agrivoltaics can support off-grid electrification in rural East Africa.
•Some crop yields and sale values are higher with agrivoltaic systems.
•Some crops produce greater yields with less water input.
•Land productivity is improved with simultaneous electricity and food production.

sciencedirect.com/science/arti…

Fig. 1. Aerial photos of the two agrivoltaic systems. A) The 36.6 kWp off-grid system at Sustainable Agriculture Tanzania (SAT), illustrating the nested experimental design with each of the agrivoltaic and control plots split into three replicate blocks. Each replicate block contains eight growing beds with four rows of crops. B) The 62.1 kWp system grid-tie system at Latia Agribusiness Solutions (LAS), Kenya, comprising 12 growing beds running the length of the plot. Guttering at the lower edges of the panels channels water run-off into the rainwater harvesting tanks, which can supplement the centralised irrigation systems. Photo credits: Chloride Exide Ltd.

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