Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves To Be A Bumper Crop For Agrivoltaic Land Use
Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves To Be A Bumper Crop For Agrivoltaic Land Use
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As this is not mentioned, is it possible to extend the system by collecting rainwater falling on solar panels ?
6 0 ReplyThe rainwater would fall off the slanted panels and fall onto the plants.
14 0 ReplyWhat is you installed a gutter? And made the down pipe go into a bucket
3 0 ReplyThen the plants would have no water and die.
12 0 ReplyBut what if that bucket was sentient?
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Sure you could do that, but... why?
6 0 ReplyTo more evenly distribute the collected rainfall rather than to water just the plants sitting under the edge of each solar row? Or to use the rainfall for other farmy things?
6 0 Replythe water should distribute itself evenly enough on most soils, but yes you could retrofit it with some distribution system.
4 0 ReplySure
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