Solar Panels Can Cool Crops—and Workers

Solar Panels Can Cool Crops—and Workers

Source: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems (JAMES) Photovoltaic technology, most commonly seen as the bulky solar panels used on solar farms, is expected to become a dominant energy source by 2050. But these panels are often installed on land that might otherwise be used to grow crops for feeding a burgeoning population. Agrivoltaics aims to solve this problem by planting crops around or underneath rows of solar panels, allowing for m…