Grasses growing in the shade of a solar array were only a little less productive than those growing nearby in open grassland during years of average and above-average rainfall – but in a dry year, the ...

Solar panels shade grassland at Jack's Solar Garden, an agrovoltaic farm in Longmont, Colo. Matthew Sturchio, CC BY-ND As societies look for ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions and slow climate ...

If you have lived in a home with a trampoline in the backyard, you may have observed the unreasonably tall grass growing under it. This is because many crops, including these grasses, actually grow ...

Imagine you are a farmer struggling to keep up with production demands because of the increasingly stressful climate. Or perhaps you are a producer of renewable energy struggling with dramatic heat ...

In combined wind and solar farms, shadowing can reduce yield by 50 per cent, say TNO researchers. Even intermittent shading of solar panels by turbine baldes cuts efficiency. In combined wind and ...

A group of environmental scientists and ecologists researching the impact of solar arrays on the environment have released a new study they believe will lead to smarter farming and land use around ...

Snow has always been a probelm for solar panels. This one excels in the snow as it was deisgned to thrive when it's cold, ...

In an environmental feud that probably would only occur in California, two neighbors in Sunnyvale, a San Francisco suburb, have been feuding over eight prized redwood trees and the shade they provide, ...

Combining solar panel (photovoltaic) infrastructure and agriculture creates a mutually beneficial relationship. This practice of co-locating the two by planting crops under the shade of solar panels ...