Growing Crops Under Solar Panels Could Substantially Boost Energy Production

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While also maximizing land productivity.

To conduct the study, the University of Arizona researchers led by Greg Barron-Gafford, an associate professor in the School of Geography and Development, established the first agrivoltaics research site at Biosphere 2, the living laboratory where climate change has recently been the focus of interdisciplinary research.

"We found that many of our food crops do better in the shade of solar panels because they are spared from the direct sun," explained Baron-Gafford,

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