Seminar gives overview of agrivoltaics project in Alaska

Seminar gives overview of agrivoltaics project in Alaska

A University of Alaska Fairbanks researcher will highlight the first year of activities at Alaska's inaugural commercial-scale agrivoltaics research site.

The free online seminar will be held from noon-1 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 18.

Agrivoltaics is the shared use of land for agriculture and photovoltaic solar energy generation.

Glenna Gannon, assistant professor in the UAF Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, will describe results from the new site in Houston, Alaska. The UAF Cooperative Extension Service will host the event.

Crops grown at the 8.5-megawatt solar farm in 2025 included potatoes, spinach, kale and two cover crops.

The U.S. Department of Energy funded the project to evaluate the feasibility of agrivoltaics in Alaska.

Register using the online formor visit https://bit.ly/AlaskaAgrivoltaics.

For more information, contact Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 or [email protected].

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Alda Norris at [email protected]or 907-474-7120. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to [email protected].

This work is supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture.

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