Reimagining land through dual use
Agrivoltaics is reshaping how energy and agriculture share space. Studies highlighted by The Cool Down describe how solar arrays can enhance microclimates, conserve water, and maintain productive landscapes by allowing farmland to act as both a power plant and a working field. The Solapiary project in Papillion, Nebraska, extends this idea by pairing vertical bifacial solar panels with native prairie vegetation to examine how energy production and ecological restoration can function together on the same ground.
Pollinators as infrastructure
Honey bees and native pollinators form the biological core of the Solapiary……