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Tim Kellogg
@kellogh@hachyderm.io

this is incredible. Hanging solar panels a few meters above crops of tomatoes and jalapeños multiplied their yield 2-3x, used substantially less water, controlled temperatures, and increased the output of the solar panels https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301355120 #science #solar #environment #agriculture

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
@HistoPol@mastodon.social

@kellogh@hachyderm.io
Part 1: #ClimateChange

Wow.

Solution to the #ClimateCrisis using #SolarPanels for #farming: #Agrivoltaics

"Properly designed solar installations can increase food #harvests, reduce the need for #irrigation, revive dying lakes, rescue #pollinators, restore #soils + cool overheated humans—all while producing more power than conventional solar arrays."

"In 1982, researchers @ the #FraunhoferInstitute for Solar Energy (ISE) in Germany proposed a... solution..."

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2301355120

KLB
@KLB@glasgow.social

@HistoPol@mastodon.social @kellogh@hachyderm.io I heard a really cool interview about this just a few days ago! https://the1a.org/segments/1a-remaking-america-can-solar-power-help-fix-drought-ravaged-farmlands/

Wm.son
@Sfwmson@universeodon.com

@KLB@glasgow.social @HistoPol@mastodon.social @kellogh@hachyderm.io

We are woefully behind in all areas of solar. What sell here? House panels that are marked up substantially. Just make money, and while they help, they aren't solving the bigger issue.

KLB
@KLB@glasgow.social

@Sfwmson@universeodon.com @HistoPol@mastodon.social @kellogh@hachyderm.io we still expect individuals to do the heavy lifting (like with recycling), when the problem area is farther upstream.

HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
@HistoPol@mastodon.social

Part 2: #SolutionsForClimateChange: #Agrivoltaics

(1/8)
IMO, combining the new solar-panel-above fields method* with ancient raised-field #WaruWaru #farming #technology could facilitate #WaterConservation and management, raise yields, reduce #fertilizer concentration, and reduce #erosion.

The solution to our current #drought problems in many areas might have been with us for 2,300 years at least, probably first developed by the #Tiahuanaco culture of the #Andean...

*See previous toot (Part 1)