Post #3250958
2023-03-04 19:31 UTC
@kellogh@hachyderm.io
Hmm… I didn’t see that in my read 🤷♂️ Hard to imagine it would be a very significant effect, but also not an expert.
Not arguing against ‘agrovoltaics’ in general either, done properly seems like a real win-win and doesn’t require inflated claims to justify itself.
“For example, if a hectare of AV in Germany produces as much food as 0.8 hectares of conventional farming, and as much power as 0.7 hectares of conventional solar, it still saves half a hectare of land.”
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@zeborah@mastodon.nz 2023-03-04 21:17
@DavidM_yeg@mstdn.ca The article says "Water evaporation from the plants even helped to cool the panels and increase electricity output." The original study it refers to is paywalled but I have access via work. The abstract mentions "reduced PV panel heat stress" and the full-text goes into more details. @kellogh@hachyderm.io