Two Massachusetts cranberry bogs were too unprofitable to farm, until owners installed solar fields 10 feet above the vines; income from solar land leases helped restore berry production without abandoning agriculture
Two cranberry bogs in Massachusetts that had stopped making money have returned to active farming after solar panels were installed ten feet above the crops. According to reporting by Electrek, the project uses a method called agrivoltaics, which allows farmers to grow crops and generate solar power on the same land. The arrangement gives farmers…
