Lancaster Farming visits Rutgers Agrivoltaics Program

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Philip Gruber from Lancaster Farming stops by the agrivoltaics site at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC) to discuss how research can inform new technologies for New Jersey farmers.

Rutgers Research Shows Promise of Agrivoltaics

UPPER DEERFIELD, N.J. — The morning sun over South Jersey was warm and bright — perfect conditions for growing tomatoes, or for generating solar energy.

Why choose? A test plot at the Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center is doing both.

The farm is one of three sites across the state where the university is piloting agrivoltaics, or arrangements where utility-scale solar coexists with production farming…

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