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Seminar gives overview of agrivoltaics project in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ

A University of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Fairbanks researcher will highlight the first year of activities at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ’s inaugural commercial-scale agrivoltaics research site.

The free online seminar will be held from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Agrivoltaics is the shared use of land for agriculture and photovoltaic solar energy generation.

Glenna Gannon, assistant professor in the ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, will describe results from the new site in Houston, ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. The ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Cooperative Extension Service will host the event.

Crops grown at the 8.5-megawatt solar farm in 2025 included potatoes, spinach, kale and two cover crops.

The U.S. Department of Energy funded the project to evaluate the feasibility of agrivoltaics in ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ. 

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For more information, contact Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 or mjohansson@alaska.edu.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at amnorris2@alaska.edu or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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