Japan Next-Generation Farmers Cultivate Crops and Solar Energy - Renewable Energy World
I had been wondering about this for some time: lots of Australian farming land is flat, expansive fields in parts of the country where (I would have thought) the sunlight is of such intensity in summer that it's probably more than strictly necessary for most crops. In fact, some shading in the height of summer might be useful for decreasing soil drying.
So, is it possible to successfully combine large scale solar panels with useful agriculture beneath them?
From the link above - yes, it would seem that it is.
Worth looking into for Australia, isn't it?
Update: here's a paper from France looking at how some crops go under partial solar panel shade. Seems it can be made to work OK.
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