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		photochemsyn on Dec 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A 100MW solar farm in Texas will mount panels dire... Interspersing standing panels with crops looks to be an effective strategy, some crops suffer from too much sunlight and require a little shading for optimal production (many vegetable-type crops fall into this category). Some strategies employ vertical bifacial panels. See: https://youtu.be/lgZBlD-TCFE Solar Panels Plus Farming? Agrivoltaics Explained

thehappypm on Dec 10, 2022 [–]

Vertical panels strike me as needing quite robust supports for windy days.

tomrod on Dec 10, 2022 | [–]

Don't do singular poles, mesh them together?

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