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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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Third year of specialty crops research at RAREC is underway
This summer marks the third year of specialty crops research in our agrivoltaics system at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center near Bridgeton, NJ. Like the past two years, this summer we are growing fresh-market tomato ‘ Red Deuce’, sicilian eggplant ‘Palermo’, and bell pepper ‘Turnpike’ under a no panel (control), single agrivoltaics (AV)…
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Grazing Beef Cattle within an Agrivoltaics Array at the Rutgers Animal Farm
The Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program is studying how an array with vertical bifacial panels affects forage growth and quality as well as cattle behavior What are we going to learn? Grass Growth and Quality Do vertical panels affect the amount and the nutritional quality of the grass? The shade created by vertical panels may alter the…
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FREE AGRIVOLTAICS TRAINING WEBINARS FOR FARMERS
Hosted by American Farmland Trust Learn how to build a business incorporating agriculture and solar energy generation on the same piece of land. AFT is hosting two webinars to provide an introduction to agrivoltaics and an overview of an upcoming training program which will provide free training, mentoring and technical assistance to farmers in New…
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