Pilot programs are already underway to test how crops and solar panels can coexist outside of controlled scientific ...

Imagine you are a farmer struggling to keep up with production demands because of the increasingly stressful climate. Or perhaps you are a producer of renewable energy struggling with dramatic heat ...

Grasses growing in the shade of a solar array were only a little less productive than those growing nearby in open grassland during years of average and above-average rainfall – but in a dry year, the ...

While completing pilot projects in the U.S. and Europe, Mirai Solar has certified its lightweight PV module designed to work ...

For 31 straight days last summer, temperatures in Phoenix hit or topped 110 degrees, the longest such streak ever. That searing Arizona heat dehydrates crops and evaporates water the state needs to ...

Linda Hezel gets up early to clip herbs, vegetables and produce from the plants on her farm north of Kansas City. “I'm trying peppers which you normally think would be only in full sun,” Hezel said.

HUNTERTOWN, Ind. (WANE) — While high temperatures continue to blanket Indiana, this flock of sheep keeps cool in the shade underneath Northeastern REMC’s solar panels. Zach Warner, a local sheep ...

Combining solar panel (photovoltaic) infrastructure and agriculture creates a mutually beneficial relationship. This practice of co-locating the two by planting crops under the shade of solar panels ...