Source: FARM PROGRESS, 8/19/19


In raising crops, a key factor is maximizing the solar energy that strikes the Earth, and it appears farmers are pretty good it. A new study from Oregon State University has found that cropland is the best place to install solar panels — not in those desert areas where large arrays have been installed. The study, published recently in the journal Scientific Reports, found that if less than 1% of agricultural land was converted to solar panels, that would be sufficient to fulfill global electric demand. The study doesn’t support replacing ag land with solar panels...

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