UArizona Researchers Awarded $1.2M for Agrivoltaic Research in Arizona
Feb. 15, 2023
Agrivoltaics Creates More Sustainable Energy, Food and Water Futures for the Southwestern United States: Opportunities at the Megawatt Scale
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UArizona researchers are testing three different strategies of watering plants grown at a solar power-producing site in central Arizona owned and operated by The AES Corporation. Greg Barron-Gafford
The race is on to develop more environmentally conscious land uses in a world impacted by prolonged drought and climate change, and University of Arizona researchers studying agrivoltaics just received a boost in the form of $1.2 million from the U.S. Department of Energy. Read more about Dr. Barron-Gifford's research, and the grant he was just awarded in UA News.