Solar farms and conventional agriculture are competing for land, and that conflict will likely only get worse as our need for both grows. Scientists at UCLA have now tested a way to combine the two by placing semi-transparent solar cells on the glass roofs of greenhouses, finding that they can actually improve the growth of plants inside.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Solar Cell, Solar Power, Organic, Greenhouse, Crops, Agriculture, Energy, Electricity, UCLA, Plants
Semi-transparent solar cells boost growth of greenhouse plants
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