Across experimental plots from Oregon to Alaska, farmers are finding that the same acre of land can grow food and electricity at once. By lifting solar panels above fields instead of replacing them, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Solar panels on grasslands can generate electricity and useful forage or wildlife habitat. Matthew Sturchio, CC BY-ND Grasses ...

AU in der HALLERTAU, Germany (AP) — Bright green vines snake upwards 20 feet (six meters) toward an umbrella of solar panels at Josef Wimmer’s farm in Bavaria. He grows hops, used to make beer, and in ...

For 31 straight days last summer, temperatures in Phoenix hit or topped 110 degrees, the longest such streak ever. That searing Arizona heat dehydrates crops and evaporates water the state needs to ...

Floating solar farms have moved from novelty to serious infrastructure, turning reservoirs, lakes and sheltered coastal waters into power plants. As solar capacity races past 1,200 G worldwide, ...

In comparison, previous accelerated testing studies found that panels should lose up to 1% per year in performance. This new study puts holes in that theory, and though not all panels are likely to ...

Solar panels are mounted on poles above a hops field near Au in der Hallertau, Germany, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Solar panels atop crops has been gaining traction in recent years as incentives and ...

Matthew Sturchio works for Cornell University and serves as a Faculty Affiliate at Colorado State University. Funding for this work came from US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food ...

Solar panels are mounted poles above a hops field near Au in der Hallertau, Germany, Wednesday, July 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) AU in der HALLERTAU, Germany (AP) — Bright green vines snake ...

AU in der HALLERTAU, Germany (AP) — Bright green vines snake upwards 20 feet (six meters) toward an umbrella of solar panels at Josef Wimmer’s farm in Bavaria. He grows hops, used to make beer, and in ...