Sorghum

Can sorghum be planted under photovoltaic panels

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign found that shading from agrivoltaic systems reduces grain numbers in both sorghum and soybean, but sorghum can partially compensate by increasing grain weight while soybean cannot. . Scientists have found that certain crops can grow remarkably well in the shade of solar panels, potentially allowing us to grow food and generate clean energy simultaneously. Growing food alongside solar arrays in an agrivoltaic system can help maximize the productivity of a given plot of land. Agrivoltaic farming is the practice of using land for both agriculture and solar energy production.

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