Grasses growing in the shade of a solar array were only a little less productive than those growing nearby in open grassland ...

The placement of solar panels in Colorado’s grasslands could help decrease water stress and increase plant growth by about 20 percent during dry years, a new study has found. In these semi-arid ...

that doesn't mean you can't install solar panels. As the sun moves across the sky, it will shine on different parts of your roof. An oak or weeping willow that provides a little afternoon shade ...

The study did not measure how much water evaporation floating solar would prevent, but previous NREL research has shown that photovoltaic panels—sometimes called “floatovoltaics” when they are ...

An emerging field called agrivoltaics suggests shorter, shade-tolerant crops ... resilient to climate change. The solar panels could shield crops from the sun and storms as weather becomes more ...

Matthew Sturchio works for Cornell University and serves as a Faculty Affiliate at Colorado State University. Funding for this work came from US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of ...

A solar panel installation in your home can bring all sorts of benefits: lower electric bills, a smaller carbon footprint and ...

Simultaneously, solar panels shade plants growing beneath them. Some arrays, including the ones used in our study, move the panels to follow the path of the Sun across the sky. This results in a ...