Common Agrivoltaics Terms: Economic Feasibility
August 10, 2026 Conversations about the economics of an agrivoltaics project come with their own vocabulary. And whether a project makes financial sense depends on a number of factors. In this post, we focus on 10 common terms related to evaluating the economic feasibility of agrivoltaics – building on our previous posts on common agrivoltaics […]
Common Agrivoltaics Terms: System Design
July 1, 2026 By Daphne Condon, Ph.D. Agrivoltaics systems can look very different from one site to another. Some systems elevate panels above crops, while others place panels between crop rows or along field edges. These design choices can affect how much sunlight reaches the crops or how farming equipment moves throughout the space. Here, […]
Common Agrivoltaics Terms
March 10, 2026 The agrivoltaics approach to pairing crop and solar production draws on topics from many different disciplines, including agriculture, solar energy, engineering, economics, and environmental science. As a result, discussions often include terms that may be unfamiliar. Here, we introduce five terms that appear frequently in agrivoltaics conversations related to light, climate, water, and land. […]
Agrivoltaics: An Introduction
March 10, 2026 “Agri(culture)” plus “(photo)voltaics” Agrivoltaics is an approach to integrating agriculture and solar energy production. Unlike conventional solar, where agricultural use is displaced, agrivoltaic systems are designed to maintain productive farmland below or between solar panels. Systems are designed to act symbiotically with the environment in order to harness multiple benefits that ultimately […]
The California Context for Agrivoltaics Impact
March 10, 2026 While California remains one of the most productive agricultural regions in the world, known as the “salad bowl” of the U.S., the amount of land actively used for agriculture has been decreasing since the 1980s. Without taking new conservation measures, California is projected to continue losing farmland at a rate of roughly […]