The potential for agrivoltaics and climate-smart crops within a megawatt scale photovoltaic facility: opportunities for continued food production and irrigation savings.
Greg Barron-Gafford1, Holly Andrews2, Nesrine Rouini3, Alyssa Salazar4, Patrick Murphy5, Ingrid Holstrom5, Talitha Hope Neesham-McTiernan6, Dominick Bute7, Olivia Lasley8, Rose Brogniart9, Jordan Macknick10 and Christine Lamanna5, (1)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development, & Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (2)Louisiana State University, School of Plant, Environmental, and Soil Sciences, Baton Rouge, United States, (3)University of Arizona, School of Geography and Development, Tucson, United States, (4)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development, & Environment, Tucson, United States, (5)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development & Environment, Tucson, United States, (6)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development and Environment, Tucson, AZ, United States, (7)University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States, (8)University of Arizona, School of Geography, Development and Environment, Tucson, United States, (9)Sciences Po & the Paris Institute of Earth Physics (IPGP), Paris, France, (10)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, United States