A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.

Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They’re not the only crop thriving in the shade.::A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.

  • MechanicalJesterEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Best use of space was argued for by…ME. Back in 2002 I argued at length with colleagues that California should build solar panel covers for their aqueducts. This would provide electricity as well as significantly decrease algae growth and evaporation from the aqueducts.

    Then car parks at airports.

    There’s a ton of places they can go.

    • electromageEnglish
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      1 year ago

      We have a ton of sprawling larking lots around grocery and warehouse stores, they could probably go grid-neutral if they wanted. It would also keep the cars cool.