What is Agrivoltaics?
Agrivoltaics (AgPV) is the intentional co-location of agriculture and solar energy systems on the same parcel of land. This may include:
- Solar Grazing
- Crop Cultivation
- Pollinator Habitat
- Active Conservation
Also known as "dual-use solar," agrivoltaics is an integrated and multi-functional practice where the goal is not simply to manage vegetation beneath photovoltaic solar panels, but to design projects in ways that harvest energy, agriculture, and/or conservation goods and promote long-term farm productivity and land health.
Agrivoltaics is an emerging field bringing together agriculture, energy, and land stewardship, but there is already a generation of research and real-world examples of projects across the United States and beyond.
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Why AgPV In Georgia
Georgia’s agricultural and forestry landscapes are foundations of the state’s economy, cultural history, and environmental health. As solar deployment expands across the region to meet growing electricity demand, agrivoltaics (AgPV) is a framework for integrating renewable energy development with working lands in ways that can increase a large variety of agricultural production, improve crop and livestock resilience across a wide-spectrum, and/or enhance soil health and conservation outcomes. AgPV offers strong multi-purpose alternatives to single-purpose solar development that do not incorporate agricultural production or habitat conservation and soil restoration.
While a highly adaptive suite of technology and practice, AgPV is not a one-size-fits-all solution. It is an emergent, highly iterative set of design, operation, and stewardship principles to align solar development with agricultural production, farm productivity, soil health, and ecosystem resilience.
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