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PROJECTS

AGRIVOLTAICS PROJECT

Increases crop yield

Enhances soil quality

Reduces water consumption

Improves working conditions

Provides farms with sustainable energy

WHAT IS AGRIVOLTAICS?

Putting solar panels over cropland with the following benefits:

Agrivoltaics project at Spaces of Opportunity

After raising $17,000 through community donations and sponsorships we executed a 4.8 KWH agrivoltaics project at at Spaces of Opportunity. This 19-acre urban farm sits in the middle of South Phoenix’s food desert, and promotes healthy food choices while allowing low-income farmers and community members an opportunity rent plots to grow and sell their produce. This project will not only help the local community but will also set an example for commercial, family, and community farms around the country to adopt Agrivoltaics. Produce grown will be donated to school cafeterias, farmers markets and food banks.

This project recieved the Girl Scout Gold Award. Thank you to the Girl Scout community!

Opening ceremony

Planting Crops Under the Agrivoltaics system at spaces of opportunity

We have planted 80 pepper plants under the agrivoltaics system and 80 more in a control bed. We will be taking data throughout the summer to see how the plants behave in these environments.

people learning about a solar panel over garden bed

Agrivoltaics project at Desert Botanical Garden community Garden

We built an agrivoltaics system at Desert Botanical Garden community Garden Gardens . This system provides a source of clean energy so farmers and volunteers can charge their power tools and other electrical equipment. Produce grown is donated to food banks and school cafeterias. In this system we host workshops to teach students about agrivoltaics and gardening.

Agrivoltaics project at Garden of Tomorrow

We built an agrivoltaics system at Gardens of Tomorrow to benefit Tiger Mountain. Foundation. This system provides a source of clean energy so farmers can charge their power tools and other electrical equipment. Produce grown is donated to farmers markets that benefit Tiger Mountain Foundation. This system was built with the generous donations from FOREnergy, Titan Solar, and Tiger Mountain Foundation.