Farming Under Solar Panels
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The article discusses the practice of farming under solar panels, highlighting its potential benefits for both agriculture and renewable energy production, with the HN community showing interest in the concept.
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In Colorado, a marriage of solar energy and farming (191 points, 10 months ago, 115 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42590903
~How a Solar Revolution in Farming Is Depleting Groundwater (124 points, 2023, 129 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39730784
Low on water, California farmers turn to solar farming (85 points, 2019, 51 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20684288