Alan Knapp, an ecologist at Colorado State University, has already seen successful agrivoltaics projects -- in Colorado grasslands used for cattle grazing.
the first barrier to overcome is can it be done ? Biologically, can it be done? Physically, can it be done? And then the next barrier would be adoption? How do you convince people who own the lands to be willing to change the way they've done things in the past, and integrate, for example, energy generation? And recently climatic unpredictability is already a motivating factor. In 2020, Maine blueberry yields dropped by 50% because of frosts in May and June, followed by a statewide drought. For this farm, a second, reliable income stream could really come in handy. But not everyone is on board. Some people feel that farmland should remain farmland. And why would we not put the solar panels on a building over a parking lot space that's already industrial?