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Largest Farm to Grow Crops Under Solar Panels Proves To Be A Bumper Crop For Agrivoltaic Land Use::undefined

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[–] Ludz@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

As this is not mentioned, is it possible to extend the system by collecting rainwater falling on solar panels ?

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The rainwater would fall off the slanted panels and fall onto the plants.

[–] pretzelz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What is you installed a gutter? And made the down pipe go into a bucket

[–] Aosih@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Then the plants would have no water and die.

[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sure you could do that, but... why?

[–] chuckd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

To more evenly distribute the collected rainfall rather than to water just the plants sitting under the edge of each solar row? Or to use the rainfall for other farmy things?

[–] tryptaminev@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

the water should distribute itself evenly enough on most soils, but yes you could retrofit it with some distribution system.