Solar farms can eat up farmland – but ‘agrivoltaics’ could mean the best of both worlds for NZ farmers
- Written by: Alan Brent, Professor and Chair in Sustainable Energy Systems, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Getty ImagesNew Zealand plans to commission about eight gigawatts of solar photovoltaic projects – more than the maximum power demand of the whole country on a typical winter’s day – by 2028, according to the government’s latest generation investment survey.
Eight of these solar farms are already operational and spread...
