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The Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program
The Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program (RAP) is a multidisciplinary group of Rutgers faculty and staff committed to designing and conducting applied agrivoltaics research and outreach.
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RAP is part of the NJ Agricultural Experiment Station and the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Service which provide research, outreach and education resources to residents, communities, and business in New Jersey and beyond.
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2024 Agrivoltaics Soybean Harvest at RAREC in Southern New Jersey
Figure 1. An image of the soybean trial near mid morning at RAREC in 2024. Note: the double AV panel block (closest) with the single AV block (in the background), followed by the control block (no panel) are facing east toward the sun. In addition to the specialty crops research, members of the RAPS Team…
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Data from the first year of specialty crops agrivoltiacs research at RAREC in 2024
In 2024, the first year of agrivoltaics (AV) specialty crops research was completed at RAREC near Bridgeton, New Jersey where fresh-market tomato ‘Red Deuce’, bell pepper ‘Turnpike’, and sicilian eggplant ‘Palermo’ were grown using standard production practices in either a no panel (control), single-panel, or double panel AV system. A timeline for the AV research…
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Transplanting specialty crops at RAREC in southern New Jersey
On 11 June 2025, fresh-market tomato, eggplant, and bell pepper were transplanted for the second year at the RAREC Agrivoltaic (AV) research site near Bridgton, New Jersey. Each AV block (double panel, single panel, or no panel) contains 10 raised beds (55ft long) that were established between three rows of AV panels spaced 34 ft…
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