ISU Researchers To Study Growing Crops In Solar Farm's Footprint
February 15, 2023
February 15, 2023
AMES, Iowa, Feb. 15 (TNSres) -- Iowa State University issued the following news release:
A new Iowa State University research project will combine traditional and high-tech uses of the sun's power by studying how to grow crops amid an array of solar panels.
Funded by a $1.8 million, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, most of the research will be conducted a few miles south of Ames, where Alliant Energy plans to begin construction in April on a 1.35 . . .
A new Iowa State University research project will combine traditional and high-tech uses of the sun's power by studying how to grow crops amid an array of solar panels.
Funded by a $1.8 million, four-year grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, most of the research will be conducted a few miles south of Ames, where Alliant Energy plans to begin construction in April on a 1.35 . . .