The North Willamette Research and Extension Center (NWREC) will break ground on a new agrivoltaics research project this spring that will study how to combine growing crops (“agri”) and producing solar energy (“voltaics”) on the same land—something not typically done now. The NWREC installation will become the first energy/farm research study area of its kind in the world.

In the news

• OSU: Combining solar, ag could ease climate change, help rural communities (January, 2021)
• Could agrivoltaics feed our demand for clean energy? (January, 2021)