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 ...

It hasn't been easy to implement this practice around the world. New study reveals staggering benefits of pairing solar ...

If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed the unreasonably tall grass growing under it. This is because many crops, including these grasses, actually grow ...

Solar panels are no longer just lining barn roofs and field edges, they are rising directly above rows of vegetables, orchards and vineyards, reshaping how food and power are produced on the same ...

Solar panels shade grassland at Jack's Solar Garden, an agrovoltaic farm in Longmont, Colo. Matthew Sturchio, CC BY-ND As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate ...

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 ...

A group of environmental scientists and ecologists researching the impact of solar arrays on the environment have released a new study they believe will lead to smarter farming and land use around ...

In combined wind and solar farms, shadowing can reduce yield by 50 per cent, say TNO researchers. Even intermittent shading of solar panels by turbine baldes cuts efficiency. In combined wind and ...

In an environmental feud that probably would only occur in California, two neighbors in Sunnyvale, a San Francisco suburb, have been feuding over eight prized redwood trees and the shade they provide, ...

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 ...