Agrivoltaics on rice fields, not a lost cause

Researchers in Japan have made another attempt to make agrivoltaics on rice fields technically and economically feasible, despite well-known productivity issues when rice is grown below solar modules. They used double-axis tracking, finding potential with careful management of shading and tilt angles. Maintaining high crop productivity in rice fields hosting solar panels remains a major concern for agrivoltaic projects, as demonstrated by a recent research project conducted by the University of Tokyo in Japan. This six-year experiment showed that the grain yield in the control plot was 8. 5 t ...

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