Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade.
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A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.

A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.

  • JacobCoffinWrites@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It works better to sell renewables as energy independence and self reliance out here rather than by the environmental benefits.