Agrivoltaics Canada

Agrivoltaics Canada is a Canadian non-profit organization focused on: Enhancing Food, Energy and Financial Security.

To keep Canada’s farmers farming, agrivoltaics (the symbiotic combinations of solar and agriculture) provides an opportunity to add a reliable revenue stream while even increasing crop yields. We promote farmer led solar through agrivoltaics advocacy work. Agrivoltaics has enormous promise in Canada. Agrivoltaics is in its infancy in Canada, but as is the case globally, there is a projected rapid expansion over the coming 5 years and we intend to support that growth as a common ground for best practices, crop and generation measurements, new technologies, approaches and environmental and electrical policy development.

Annual Conferences

1st Conference

1st Annual Agrivoltaics Canada Conference

2nd Annual Conference

This is a talk from the 2nd Annual Agrivoltaics Canada Conference held at Ivey Business School of Western University. For more information see https://www.appropedia.org/Agrivoltaics_Canada and https://agrivoltaicscanada.ca/

2nd Annual Agrivoltaics Canada Conference

See Also

The Western Innovation for Renewable Energy (WIRED) system is currently under construction to test out new open source methods to reduce PV systems costs and enable novel forms of agrivoltaics including the world's first agrivoltaic agrotunnel.

Services provided by agrivoltaics are: renewable electricity generation, decreased green-house gas emissions, reduced climate change, increased crop yield, plant protection from excess solar energy, plant protection from inclement weather such as hail, water conservation, agricultural employment, local food, improved health from pollution reduction increased revenue for farmers, a hedge against inflation, the potential to produce nitrogen fertilizer on farm, on farm production of renewable fuels such as anhydrous ammonia or hydrogen, and electricity for EV charging for on- or off-farm use.
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In the News

From: Financial Analysis of Agrivoltaic Sheep: Breeding and Auction Lamb Business Models

  1. Raising sheep for grazing under solar panels makes everyone clean, green money - Western News
  2. Sheep Grazing Under Solar Panels Yields Green Profits Mirage News
  3. Agrivoltaics paired with sheep production makes nearly 100% of land grazable TechXplore
  4. Agrivoltaics paired with sheep production makes nearly 100% of land grazable MSN
  5. Grazing ’solar’ sheep offer lucrative solution for farmers My Science
  6. Global Renwable News
  7. Rinnovabili
  8. Education News Canada
  9. How agrivoltaics and “solar” sheep are redefining profitable farming in Canada PV Buzz
  10. Nature’s best lawnmower: How solar grazing is changing the photovoltaic landscape Euronews
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    3. Photos: Sheep grazing boosts solar farms and soil health in the US and Europe Interesting Engineering
  11. O melhor cortador de relva da natureza: como o pastoreio solar está a mudar a paisagem fotovoltaica EuroNews
  12. La meilleure tondeuse à gazon de la nature : comment le pâturage solaire change le paysage photovoltaïque - Observatoiredeleurope
  13. Solar sheep grazing under agrivoltaic arrays can maximise land use News9
  14. El mejor cortacésped natural: ¿Cómo el pastoreo solar está cambiando el panorama fotovoltaico? Yahoo Spain
  15. ‘Solar shepherds’ earn big by grazing sheep on solar farms — and they benefit everyone involved Modern Science
  16. Sheep farmers are crazy about solar power plants: “Salaries are higher than lawyers” Central asia Climate Portal
  17. Researchers make unexpected discovery about sheep raised in nontraditional environment: 'There is an enormous opportunity' The Cool Down
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  18. ‘Solar shepherds’ earn big by grazing sheep on solar farms — and they benefit everyone involved The Conversation
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    5. The National Tribune (Australia)
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  19. Får och solparker - en vinst för både lantbruk, får och klimat Energinyheter (se)
  20. Researchers make unexpected discovery about sheep raised in nontraditional environment: 'There is an enormous opportunity' Yahoo
  21. Une étude révèle un duo gagnant : moutons et panneaux solaires, “un potentiel immense” Le Energeek
  22. ‘Farming Sunshine’ Brings Food, Power Producers Together for Local Baaa-nefit The Energy Mix
  23. Bùng nổ ngành nông nghiệp quang điện Saigon Online
  24. Solar sheep make better wool? The Carbon Almanac
  25. How to use sheep to manage vegetation at solar farms, boost agriculture Farm Progress
  26. Tarımsal Voltaik Sistemler ve Koyunlar Tarim Gundem (Turkish)
  27. Les « moutons solaires », un mariage lucratif entre agriculture et énergie propre Radio Canada
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Agrivoltaics in Canada

  1. Solar Sheep, Alberta (https://www.solarsheep.ca/)
  2. Sun Cycle Farms, Alberta (https://suncyclefarms.com/)
  3. Golden Leaf Agrivoltaics, Ontario (https://goldenleafagrivoltaics.ca/)
  4. The Lara Cost Farm, Ontario (https://thelaracosta.com/)
  5. Arnprior Solar, Ontario (https://www.edf-re.com/project/arnprior-solar/)
  6. Lewis Land & Stock, Ontario (https://solargrazing.org/asga-call-29-don-lewis-from-lewis-land-stock-of-ontario-canada/)
  7. Nanticoke Solar, Ontario (https://www.opg.com/stories/hundreds-of-grazing-sheep-helping-to-keep-opgs-nanticoke-solar-facility-in-trim-shape/)
  8. Western University’s Western Innovation for Renewable Energy Deployment (WIRED) (https://www.appropedia.org/Western_Innovation_for_Renewable_Energy_Deployment_(WIRED))
  9. Orchard, Middlesex, Ontario
  10. Solar Grazing Map https://solargrazing.org/map/
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