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  1. Interest in installing solar panels in vineyards is growing. Here's a paper from Australia that examines their impact on pear trees & fruit.

    tl/dr Panels created shade, which reduced yield, sugar concentration & color, but lessened impacts of extreme weather (heat and hail).

    This study used fixed panels at 45° and 5°, with the latter causing greater crop losses, but power production was similar.

    sciencedirect.com/science/arti

    #Agrivoltaism #SolarPower #Orchards #FruitTrees #Research