Need for agrivoltaics standards emerges as dual-use projects proliferate

Sheep, pigs, and Mammoth?!?
Some solar developers are making fast friends with farmers through their agrivoltaics efforts, like the Doral Renewables crew managing dual land use of the massive Mammoth Solar in Indiana. The first phase of the 13,000-acre, 1.3 gigawatt project was completed late last year, with two more to go.

Doral worked with Purdue University and the state of Indiana to maximize the utility of the land used for Mammoth, which still grows certain crops while more than 1,200 animals graze amidst the project’s PV panels. Sheep, pigs, donkeys, and alpacas get to do what they do best while helping produce clean energy.