Plants don’t necessarily need as much sunlight as they get. More tends to be wasted and drys them out (thus wasting water). Growing in shade is actually better for many types of plants.
Because "In Denmark, it is common for trees, wooden fences and even plastic sheets to act as windbreaks for crops. “We thought, if we are going to do this, why not make these wind shelters produce electricity?” says Victoria.
In other words, the solar panels aren’t taking away any crop space that wasn’t already taken for windbreaks.
If you’re used to a giant field of wheat with no protection from wind, it’s a different equation. (With climate change, possibly a Dust Bowl waiting to happen, but that’s another story.)
I ain’t a farmer but I seen enough corn fields endless miles acres and acres. Same fields some years with soybeans. We don’t put up sheets or windbreaks lol.
I don’t think the project was aimed at Iowa or Kansas. For one thing, they’re tornado country. You’d need to be able to retract the panels into the ground like missile silos or a 007-villain’s evil lair.
Not all crops need 100% sun exposure in 100% of their growing regions.
Many crops do better with a little bit of well placed shading to help keep temperatures/sun damage down.
The way these panels are oriented they may also reduce wind flow over the crops which can improve water retention (but may lead to other problems if crops are over-irrigated).
Mathematically it’s entirely possible to have better crop yield than a vast expanse of monocrops devoid of shelter.
How would this not reduce crop yields? Mathematically it is impossible, plenty of roofs and other things to put the solar panels on.
Plants don’t necessarily need as much sunlight as they get. More tends to be wasted and drys them out (thus wasting water). Growing in shade is actually better for many types of plants.
Because "In Denmark, it is common for trees, wooden fences and even plastic sheets to act as windbreaks for crops. “We thought, if we are going to do this, why not make these wind shelters produce electricity?” says Victoria.
In other words, the solar panels aren’t taking away any crop space that wasn’t already taken for windbreaks.
If you’re used to a giant field of wheat with no protection from wind, it’s a different equation. (With climate change, possibly a Dust Bowl waiting to happen, but that’s another story.)
I ain’t a farmer but I seen enough corn fields endless miles acres and acres. Same fields some years with soybeans. We don’t put up sheets or windbreaks lol.
I don’t think the project was aimed at Iowa or Kansas. For one thing, they’re tornado country. You’d need to be able to retract the panels into the ground like missile silos or a 007-villain’s evil lair.
Ok now I’m in. Install the solar panel silos! Lol
Not all crops need 100% sun exposure in 100% of their growing regions.
Many crops do better with a little bit of well placed shading to help keep temperatures/sun damage down.
The way these panels are oriented they may also reduce wind flow over the crops which can improve water retention (but may lead to other problems if crops are over-irrigated).
Mathematically it’s entirely possible to have better crop yield than a vast expanse of monocrops devoid of shelter.
I’ll bite which specific crops do better in partial sun rather than full sun?
From: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics#Advantages
Increased crop yield has been shown for a number of crops:
Basil[46] Broccoli[47] Celery[48] Chiltepin peppers[49] Corn[50]/maize[51] Lettuce[52][53] Pasture grass[54] Potatoes[55] Spinach[46] Tomatoes[49] Wheat[56]
Sheep grazing around solar panels in Australia produce a higher volume of wool, at better quality.[38]
Ok now read the disadvantages lol From: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics#Disadvantages
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Increased crop yield has been shown for a number of crops:
Basil[46]
Broccoli[47]
Celery[48]
Chiltepin peppers[49]
Corn[50]/maize[51]
Lettuce[52][53]
Pasture grass[54]
Potatoes[55]
Spinach[46]
Tomatoes[49]
Wheat[56]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agrivoltaics