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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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Press Release: NJBPU Opens Highly Anticipated Dual-Use Solar Program to Establish New Revenue Stream for Farmers
Link to story at nj.gov NJBPU Opens Highly Anticipated Dual-Use Solar Program to Establish New Revenue Stream for Farmers Dual-Use Pilot Agricultural Solar Application Period to Open in January TRENTON— (November 21, 2025) – The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) today voted to open the Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program (Dual-Use Pilot) application…
Second year of specialty crops research in full swing at RAREC
Figure 1. An image of a few of the silician eggplants being grown in the specialty crops agrivoltaics study at RAREC in 2025. The second year of the specialty crops research at RAREC is moving along! Like last year, fresh-market tomato, silician eggplant, and bell peppers are being grown under no panel (control), single agrivoltaic…
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The Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program Wins North American Agrivoltaics “Solar Farm of 2025″ Award
“The North American Agrivoltaics Awards (NAAA) program announced on August 5 that Rutgers’ work in agrivoltaics had won its “Solar Farm of 2025” award. For the past several years, a project at Rutgers University, the Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program (RAP), has been focused on “agrivoltaics,” also known as “dual-use” solar, and is showing that a farm’s…