Tag: agrivoltaics
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Federal funding for clean energy projects to strengthen U.S. farms
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $120 million in renewable energy projects in 44 states. The funding is aimed at lowering energy costs, generating new income and creating jobs for U.S. farmers, ranchers, agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Most of the projects are being funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, through the Rural Energy……
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Ohio approves largest solar project in the state
The Ohio Power Siting Board’s (OPSB) has approved the Oak Run Solar Project, an 800 MW solar + storage + agrivoltaics facility in Madison County. The project represents the largest solar power generation facility approved to date in the Buckeye State. In addition to the 800 MW of solar generation, Oak Run Solar will also……
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Next2Sun, iSun to build first vertical agrivoltaics system in Vermont
U.S. solar company iSun Inc. and German agrivoltaics pioneer Next2Sun Mounting Systems GmbH plan to build an innovative agrivoltaics system in Vermont. The companies have been cooperating since the beginning of 2023 to jointly establish Next2Sun’s vertical agrivoltaics system in the United States. Construction of the first agrivoltaics plant with the Next2Sun system will begin……
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Next2Sun, iSun to build first vertical agrivoltaics system in Vermont
U.S. solar company iSun Inc. and German agrivoltaics pioneer Next2Sun Mounting Systems GmbH plan to build an innovative agrivoltaics system in Vermont. The companies have been cooperating since the beginning of 2023 to jointly establish Next2Sun’s vertical agrivoltaics system in the United States. Construction of the first agrivoltaics plant with the Next2Sun system will begin……
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Growing agrivoltaics: Conference harvests California, German know-how for farmland solar
California and Germany are comparing notes on agrivoltaics development in an effort to move the industry through its early stages of adoption in the Golden State. At the first California Germany Agrivoltaics Conference, held at the University of California at Davis on Nov. 1, researchers, technology providers, project developers and government administrators combined ideas to……