A recent study from Ontario, Canada shows that growing strawberries under semi-transparent solar panels, a system known as "agrivoltaics", can actually boost fruit production, reduce costs, and generate energy. Sounds like science fiction? It's not. They found that 40% transparency maintained a greater than 80% yield of uncovered plants. If all strawberry farms in the world were converted to agrivoltaics, they would produce up to 173 TWh a. . Agrivoltaics creates ideal microclimates where shade-tolerant crops can thrive with 20-30% less water consumption. Leafy greens, root vegetables, and berries are among the top performers in solar panel farming systems. In experiments conducted in artificially created open field conditions, panels with different levels of transparency were used and the growth performance of strawberries. . to plant strawberry see Plant.
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