@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social
2025-11-30 13:37 UTC
Vitivoltaics
""VitiVoltaic" projects aim to make viticulture fit for climate change. The term is a portmanteau of the Latin genus name for the grapevine, vitis vinifera, and the word for solar power generation, photovoltaics. This new technology makes it possible to harvest two very different things on two levels: Electricity above and wine grapes below. Pilot projects are underway to test which technology works where — and at what price."
https://www.dw.com/en/solar-energy-protects-german-vineyards-from-climate-change/a-74849301
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@CelloMomOnCars@mastodon.social 2026-01-19 13:23
"New scientific studies suggest that these giant arrays do not only cut greenhouse gas emissions, they also cool the soil, trap more moisture, and help plants and microbes return to once barren ground inside the Gonghe Photovoltaic Park. In 2024, new energy projects around Talatan created jobs for more than three thousand people, many of them farmers and herders who now maintain equipment or graze so-called photovoltaic sheep inside the park." https://www.ecoticias.com/en/in-the-middle-of-the-tibetan-desert-chinas-largest-solar-park-is-doing-something-unexpected-that-goes-far-beyond-producing-electricity/25625/