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It can be done, but its not currently and there is legitimate problems with it due to the logistics of existing farm machinery. For example the structure requir
by samwillis 5y ago
It can be done, but its not currently and there is legitimate problems with it due to the logistics of existing farm machinery. For example the structure required to position solar panels in a way that would enable existing combine harvesters or sprayers to continue to work is unlikely to be feasible. It would be a different way of farming, back towards smaller machinery. So it may be possible but I don't see it happing without massive government incentives and maybe more automation.
Fully support it if it can be made to work, but I'm sceptical.
- ncmncm 5y agoThe problems to solve are all in the realm of mechanical and small-scale civil engineering, the sort we have been used to solving for a century or two, routinely. Certainly pasture and row crops most easily coexist with elevated solar, but there is a lot of pasture. The yield benefits for row crops are attractive, though. In water-stressed areas, the reduced irrigation need might be the main benefit, but they all add up.