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|'''Agrivoltaics pairs solar panels with farming, solving multiple climate-caused problems''' | |'''Agrivoltaics pairs solar panels with farming, solving multiple climate-caused problems''' | ||
[[File:Agirvoltiacs.jpeg|center|thumb[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/21/2111772/-Agrivoltaics-pairs-solar-panels-with-farming-solving-multiple-climate-caused-problems by April Siese April 27 2022 DailyKos]]] | [[File:Agirvoltiacs.jpeg|center|thumb|[https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/7/21/2111772/-Agrivoltaics-pairs-solar-panels-with-farming-solving-multiple-climate-caused-problems by April Siese April 27 2022 DailyKos]]] | ||
Plants do something similar where they use water to keep their leaves cool enough for photosynthesis so, if you take that stress off them, now they’re using less water.” Higgins found through research he co-authored two years ago that even just reserving 1% of farmland in the U.S. to be used for agrivoltaics could meet 20% of the country’s electricity needs through renewables, to say nothing of the profits earned from farming. “I think the keywords are: more food and better food, less water, extra revenue for the farm. It’s a four-way win for farmers,” Higgins told OPR. | Plants do something similar where they use water to keep their leaves cool enough for photosynthesis so, if you take that stress off them, now they’re using less water.” Higgins found through research he co-authored two years ago that even just reserving 1% of farmland in the U.S. to be used for agrivoltaics could meet 20% of the country’s electricity needs through renewables, to say nothing of the profits earned from farming. “I think the keywords are: more food and better food, less water, extra revenue for the farm. It’s a four-way win for farmers,” Higgins told OPR. | ||
