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Plants love sun, why would I put them below a panel into shade. Article mentions blueberries which I grow and those which get the sunshine only half of the day (partly in shade) don't have the same sweet taste as other in better sunny spots of my garden.
No. Some plants love direct sunshine and others don't.
Plants love sun, why would I put them below a panel into shade. Article mentions blueberries which I grow and those which get the sunshine only half of the day (partly in shade) don't have the same sweet taste as other in better sunny spots of my garden.
Take those blueberries, Mine hate being in certain parts of the patio because whilst they get full sun, they also get longer and more extreme levels of heat. I almost lost them the year before last.
(this is with a decent irrigation system too)
Plants love sun, why would I put them below a panel into shade. Article mentions blueberries which I grow and those which get the sunshine only half of the day (partly in shade) don't have the same sweet taste as other in better sunny spots of my garden.
You can get bifacial panels that let light filter through. Not sure what is filtered, but perhaps the remainder is sufficient for certain crops?
https://www.horti-growlight.com/en-gb/typical-ppfd-dli-value...
Here is a map of DLI in the USA by month.
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Maps-of-monthly-outdoor-...
So there is some wiggle room maybe. Looks like about 30 is good DLI and the USA gets 40-60 in the summer.
My gut feeling though tells me that the best performance is panels that use all the light or plants that get full access to it.
I would assume that the biggest factor in this would be that the racks and solar panels make it very difficult to use large machinery such as tractors and harvesting machines? Somehow this isn't even addressed.
As we automate more farming, and move to self operated machinery, we can shrink those machines down again. We can design fleets of machines to work in tandem, and operate around other structures, such as solar. The age of the tram lines is going to come to an end.
This also provides opportunities for replacing chemicals with small robots, such as for weeding.
The writing style of this article is very repetitive and drawn out. Maybe AI generated? > Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions > Agrivoltaic systems can also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. Traditional farming methods rely heavily on fossil fuels for irrigation, transportation, and fertilizer production. These activities contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to cli…
I would assume that the biggest factor in this would be that the racks and solar panels make it very difficult to use large machinery such as tractors and harvesting machines? Somehow this isn't even addressed.
Farm machinery got "big" because it enables one human to be more productive, cover more area in one unit of time. Human time is one of the most expensive resources in farming. As we automate more farming, and move to self operated machinery, we can shrink those machines down again. We can design fleets of machines to work in tandem, and operate around other structures, such as solar. The age of the tram lines is goin…
The writing style of this article is very repetitive and drawn out. Maybe AI generated? > Reduced Greenhouse Gas Emissions > Agrivoltaic systems can also help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. Traditional farming methods rely heavily on fossil fuels for irrigation, transportation, and fertilizer production. These activities contribute significantly to greenhouse gas emissions, which contribute to cli…
Human or AI generated, it's clearly SEO optimized. I think that's the real problem.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Farm machinery got "big" because it enables one human to be more productive, cover more area in one unit of time. Human time is one of the most expensive resources in farming. As we automate more farming, and move to self operated machinery, we can shrink those machines down again. We can design fleets of machines to work in tandem, and operate around other structures, such as solar. The age of the tram lines is goin…
Or maybe use illegal cheap labour from another country. Something like feudalism, but more modern!
This is not some new invention, people just planted some stuff under the PVs.
You can also get some goats to clean the weeds in the place before that. They will appreciate the shaded area (but hopefully not the cables)