Solar sowing seeds for energy generation and farming together

RNZ

Abstract

Lincoln University is building a solar farm that will also grow horticulture crops beneath the rows of panels.

The Lincoln University Energy Farm will be first in New Zealand to demonstrate high-value agrivoltaics, the process of creating renewable electricity generation and farming on the same land. Currently under review for resource consent, the farm will have 2800 panels on a four-hectare site near the campus.