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Sharing knowledge and learnings from agrisolar practices from around Australia and the world, this guide will assist proponents of utility-scale solar, and the landholders and farmers who work with them, to integrate agricultural activities into solar farm projects. Click here for more information.

Agrivoltaics (agrophotovoltaics, agrisolar, or dual-use solar) is the dual use of land for solar energy production and agriculture.[2][3] The technique was conceived by Adolf Goetzberger and Armin Zastrow in 1981.[4] Agrivoltaics includes multiple methods of combining agriculture with photovoltaics, according to the agricultural activity, including plants, livestock, greenhouses, and pollinator support.[5] Because the sunlight is...

Australia must urgently plan a new energy system for the imminent post-coal era. Coal will cease to be a material contributor to the National Electricity Market (the NEM) by about 2032. The federal and state governments need to start designing a new NEM now to ensure the lights stay on and electricity remains affordable into...