Agrisolar
The multi-scale use of land for agricultural production and energy generation using solar panels.
What do we mean by ‘agrisolar’?
Agrisolar growing and/or grazing beneath solar panels in an agricultural context
Installing innovative racking designs that allow for multiple activities underneath energy generation
Agrisolar processing on-farm using concentrated solar energy
e.g. heating and cooling of milk in the vat on a dairy farm, or drying lavender on a flower farm
e.g. community vegetable gardens underneath panels on the roof of a multi-story residential building in a city environment
Agrisolar green roofs in urban & peri-urban settings
Agrisolar Alliance
A national network for everyone working to make farming and solar energy work together on the same land.
The Agrisolar CRC bid brought together more than 60 farmers, researchers, developers, government agencies and regional organisations. The bid was not funded, but the network and the case for agrisolar remain. We are now exploring whether that network should continue as an independent Agrisolar Alliance.
Join the conversation on December 2