Energy Landscape of Virginia | Episode 20 | The Convergence of Farming with Solar: What is Agrivoltaics?

Energy Landscape of Virginia Episode 20 | The Convergence of Farming with Solar: What is Agrivoltaics? 

Joe Lerch talks with Rachel Henley, Working Lands and State Advocacy Specialist with the Virginia Farm Bureau Federation to explore how farms and solar installations can coexist and what the term “Agrivoltaics” means within this context.

Where to find out more about topics covered in this episode

• 4 The Soil - initiative of the Virginia Soil Health Coalition and Virginia Cooperative Extension to raise awareness of soil as a critical natural resource.
• Virginia Tech study sheds light on solar farm impacts to property values | Virginia Tech News | Virginia Tech
• Impact of large-scale solar on property values in the United States: Diverse effects and causal mechanisms
• Utility-Scale Solar in Virginia - Virginia Cooperative Extension Webinars 
• Solar Farms – Managing Soil & Water Impacts – Soil and Landscape Rehabilitation
• "RE-EVALUATING THE LAND USE IMPACTS OF UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR ENERGY DEVEL" by Damian Pitt, Aaron R. Berryhill et al.