So… I picked up the mail and noticed White City and Emerald Park Community Newsletter: Front page and continued on two more pages : How Shading Crops with Solar Panels Can Improve Farming, Lower Food Costs and Reduce Emissions. We can get huge benefits from covering our land with solar panels snd planting a crop under them.
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Originally posted by sumdumguy View PostSo… I picked up the mail and noticed White City and Emerald Park Community Newsletter: Front page and continued on two more pages : How Shading Crops with Solar Panels Can Improve Farming, Lower Food Costs and Reduce Emissions. We can get huge benefits from covering our land with solar panels snd planting a crop under them.
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Originally posted by wmoebis View PostGot a link? I couldn't find the article in their most recent newsletter.
Blaithin, what crop would you like to plant under your solar collectors?
BTW- its July Edition 2023Last edited by sumdumguy; Jul 16, 2023, 13:36.
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Originally posted by sumdumguy View PostNo link, just come over and I’ll gladly give you this rag. The article was written by Joshua M. Pearce something to do with Information Technology and Innovation and Professor @ Western University. In other words department of BS.
Blaithin, what crop would you like to plant under your solar collectors?
BTW- its July Edition 2023
I know of solar operations that have had good luck with vegetable crops.
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Still will say solar panels belong in cities , rooftops , tall buildings with solar panels along south facing sides , roof tops . Along with high efficiency wind turbines. Big cities create their own wind tunnels. There could be thousands installed in cities like Saskatoon, Regina , Edmonton, Calgary . All much better options than open ground for pastures and crops in my opinion.
Is there a place for this idea in the op , yup , but it will only ever be extremely limited in scope . It is pie in the sky thinking it makes sense broad scale
Put the “green†power where it’s needed and demanded. Making solar panel fields many miles from the power demand is counter productive.
Miles and miles of cable that’s carbon intensive along with the trenching required totally defeats the end net result no ?
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