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Grassland productivity responds unexpectedly to dynamic light and soil water environments induced by photovoltaic arrays

Ecosphere, 2022
Agrivoltaic (AV) systems are designed to coproduce photovoltaic (PV) energy on lands simultaneously supporting agriculture (food/forage production).
Matthew A. Sturchio, Jordan E. Macknick, Greg A. Barron‐Gafford, Anping Chen, Cavin Alderfer, Kathleen Condon, Olivia L. Hajek, Benjamin Miller, Benjamin Pauletto, J. Alexander Siggers, Ingrid J. Slette, Alan K. Knapp   +11 more
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Energy Policy for Agrivoltaics in Alberta Canada

Energies, 2022
As Alberta increases conventional solar power generation, land-use conflicts with agriculture increase. A solution that enables low-carbon electricity generation and continued (in some cases, increased) agricultural output is the co-locating of solar ...
Uzair Jamil, Joshua M. Pearce
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Land Use and Economic Trade‐Offs of Large‐Scale Solar in Agricultural Regions: Marginal National Impacts, Significant Regional Variations

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Large‐scale solar generation is critical for energy transitions. In Australia, increased solar production to meet emission targets means its land footprint increasingly competes with agricultural land. Understanding the scale and location of agricultural land use change and potential profitability losses from large‐scale solar farms is ...
Raymundo Marcos‐Martinez, Stephen Snow, Tim Capon, Quoc Anh Nguyen, Andrea Walton, Stuart Whitten, Benjamin Smith   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Developing crop-based agrivoltaic systems

Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
Solar developers seek agricultural lands as sites for new projects because of their high suitability for energy generation, and a growing number of farm­ers are interested in selling or leasing their land to developers as a form of financial ...
Tyler Swanson, Andrea Gerlak, Greg Barron-Gafford, Laurel Bellante   +3 more
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Achieving Net‐Zero in the Electricity Sector in China by 2050 Considering Environmental and Economic Objectives

Advanced Sustainable Systems, Volume 10, Issue 3, March 2026.
China's pathways to net‐zero electricity by 2050 are evaluated using life cycle environmental and economic assessment across six scenarios. Results show that a renewables‐only grid offers the best overall environmental performance and lowest cost, but increases burdens on metal depletion, land use, and ecotoxicity.
Tingfeng Song, Harish K. Jeswani, Adisa Azapagic   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Return to the Future” With a Systemic Agrivoltaic Strategy

AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings
This paper examines a rural regeneration project combining a utility-scale agrivoltaic system with an innovative agricultural system involving intercropping olive trees with fodder, medicinal and melliferous crops.
Elisa Gatto, Leonardo Beccarisi, Barnaba Marinosci, Caterina Polito, Cristiano Tamborrino, Arcangelo Taddeo, Massimo Monteleone   +6 more
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Economics of land‐based carbon mitigation

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 108, Issue 2, Page 443-461, March 2026.
Abstract Agricultural land holds tremendous potential to contribute to net zero greenhouse gas emission goals by providing low carbon renewable energy to displace fossil fuels and by serving as a sink for sequestering carbon in the soil with climate‐smart practices. This potential is, however, far from being realized.
Madhu Khanna
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the Impact of Agrivoltaic Systems on Pasture Plant and Soil Microarthropod Communities

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Agrivoltaic systems (AVS) integrate renewable energy production with agricultural use, creating novel microclimatic gradients that can affect ecosystem structure and function. However, the ecological consequences of these gradients on vegetation composition and soil biological quality remain poorly understood, particularly in pasture‐based AVS
Michele Moretta, Riccardo Rossi, Enrico Palchetti, Marco Moriondo, France Joshua Rabit, Giacomo Santini, Filippo Gallese, Anita Maienza, Marco Bindi, Alberto Masoni   +9 more
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Size and Dispatch Co-Optimisation of a Grid-Connected Agrivoltaic System

AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings
Agrivoltaic systems that leverage the opportunity of integrating solar photovoltaic (PV) systems into land used for agriculture, have been shown to provide an effective platform for a mutually beneficial cooperation between energy and food. However, the
Soheil Mohseni, Alan Brent
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Climate‐Resilient Crop Production Under Agrivoltaics: Experimental Evaluation of Amaranth Production With Semi‐Transparent Photovoltaic Modules in Canada Under Changing Climates

Sustainable Development, Volume 34, Issue S2, Page 296-317, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Climate change threatens global food security, requiring climate‐smart systems that enhance both crop resilience and sustainable energy production. While agrivoltaics is recognized for combining solar power generation with agriculture, its effects on emerging stress‐tolerant crops such as amaranth remain largely unexplored, particularly under ...
Uzair Jamil, Linda Alrayes, Joshua M. Pearce, Raymond Thomas   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source