ʻO ka hoʻonui ʻana i ke kūpaʻa o ka hana ʻana i ka meaʻai i ka wā e hoʻomau nei ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau a me ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ikehu hou nā pilikia koʻikoʻi i kēia ao.
Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ikehu o ka lā no ka ʻāina mahiʻai, kahi i alakaʻi ai i nā hopohopo e hoʻoneʻe nā mahiʻai lā i ka hana ʻai.
ʻO kahi hoʻonā hiki ke hana ʻo agrivoltaics - ka huli ʻana o ka mahiʻai a me nā panela photovoltaic solar - hiki ke mālama i ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea kanu, hana i ka ikehu hou, hoʻohaʻahaʻa i ka wai a hoʻonui i ka waiwai o ka mahiʻai.
Pono ka poʻe mahiʻai i ke kōkua, akā naʻe, i ka hoʻoholo ʻana i nā mea kanu a me nā wahi i kūpono i nā ʻōnaehana agrivoltaic, a me ka hoʻolālā ʻana o ka lā a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana e mālama a hoʻonui i nā hua hua.
ʻO kahi haʻawina hou $10 miliona mai ka National Institute of Food and Agriculture i ka US Department of Agriculture e ʻae i nā mea noiʻi e aʻo pehea e hoʻolālā maikaʻi ai i ka hoʻolālā ʻana no nā ʻōnaehana agrivoltaic i nā ʻano ʻāina like ʻole a me nā hiʻohiʻona aniau.
ʻO ke kula alakaʻi ma ka papahana ʻehā makahiki, i kapa ʻia ʻo "Sustainably Colocating Agricultural and Photovoltaic Electricity Systems," a i ʻole SCAPES, ʻo ia ke Kulanui o Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ʻO nā hui hoa hana ke Kulanui o Arizona, Colorado State University, Auburn University, ke Kulanui o Illinois Chicago a me ka National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Hāʻawi kālā ʻia ka papahana ma o ka papahana ʻo Agriculture and Food Research Institute Sustainable Agriculture Systems. E loaʻa i ke Kulanui o Arizona he $1.725 miliona o ke kālā hāʻawi.
ʻO ka hui noiʻi a Greg Barron-Gafford e pili ana iā UArizona lālepa a me nā haumāna puka puka. ʻO Barron-Gafford, ʻākau, kiʻi ʻia me nā haumāna ʻo Alyssa Salazar, Leandro Phelps-Garcia a me Isaiah Barnett-Moreno.
Greg Barron-Gafford, polopeka ma ka Kula o Geographic, Development and Environment Kulanui o nā ʻepekema a me nā ʻepekema behavioral, ʻo ia ke alakaʻi ʻepekema kino ma ka papahana. I ka makahiki 2017, ua hoʻomaka ka hui noiʻi o Barron-Gafford, ʻo ia hoʻi nā haumāna haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a me nā haumāna puka puka ʻo UArizona, e ulu ana i nā mea kanu ma lalo o 9-kapuaʻi o ka lā ma ke kulanui. biosphere 2 hale, kahi ʻo Barron-Gafford ke alakaʻi o ka ʻai, ka ikehu a me ka hoʻonā wai.
Ua alakaʻi ʻo Barron-Gafford i ka ʻO ka loiloi kahua-ʻikepili mua o ka agrivoltaics ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua ʻike ʻo ia e hoʻonui ka agrivoltaics i ka pono o nā panela solar a me ka hana hua. Hoʻomaʻalili ka wai i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e nā mea kanu i nā panela lā, kahi e hoʻonui ai i ko lākou pono a me ka hoʻopuka uila. ʻO ka malu mai nā paneli e hoʻonui i ka huahana mea kanu a mālama i ka wai, ʻo ia ka mea nui loa e like me ka hoʻololi ʻana o ke aniau e hoʻonui i ka nui o nā wahi i hiki ke wela a me ka maloʻo, wahi a Barron-Gafford.
E hoʻohana ka papahana SCAPES i kahi 1.5-acre Agrivoltaics Learning Lab ma ke Kulanui o Arizona ma ke ʻano he ʻekolu o kāna mau wahi noiʻi agrivoltaics - me nā mea ʻē aʻe ma Illinois a me Colorado - e loiloi i nā pane microclimatic a me nā mea kanu i ke alo o nā panela lā. E hahai nā ʻano ana i nā protocols i kūkulu ʻia e Barron-Gafford.
I ka makahiki 2017, ua hoʻomaka ka hui noiʻi o Barron-Gafford e hoʻoulu i nā mea kanu ma lalo o 9 mau kapuaʻi o ka lā ma ka hale Biosphere 2 o ke kulanui.
"ʻO kēia papahana USDA ka manawa mua e loaʻa iā mākou nā hoʻonohonoho nui," wahi a Barron-Gafford. "Nīnau pinepine ʻia mākou 'Ke hana mau nei kēia mau pōmaikaʻi a pau āu e ʻike nei ke hoʻonui ʻoe i kēia a i ʻole ke nānā ʻana i nā ʻano mahiʻai ʻē aʻe?' ʻO ia ka mea a kēia papahana e hana nei: Ke nānā nei i nā manawa kūpono a me nā mea pale e hiki mai ana me kēlā pālākiō.
Me kēia hāʻawi, ua hoʻohui ʻo Barron-Gafford, "e hiki iā mākou ke ana i nā meaʻai he nui i ka manawa hoʻokahi. A hiki iā mākou ke hana i nā hana hoʻopunipuni hou aʻe, e like me ka ʻike ʻana i ka nui o kā mākou hiki ke hoʻihoʻi i kā mākou hoʻohana wai a hoʻokō mau i nā pono meaʻai.
"E hāʻawi kā mākou papahana i kahi loiloi piha o ka hiki ke hoʻololi i nā agrivoltaics," wahi a Madhu Khanna, ka mea noiʻi nui o ka hāʻawi a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ke Kulanui o Illinois Urbana-Champaign Institute for Sustainability, Energy, and Environment. "ʻO kā mākou pahuhopu ka mālama a hoʻonui paha i ka hua, hoʻonui i ka hui ʻana - ka meaʻai a me ka uila - ka huahana o ka ʻāina, a hoʻololi a hoʻonui i ka loaʻa kālā o ka poʻe mahiʻai me nā mea kanu lālani a me nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu kūikawā ma nā ʻano kaiapuni."
ʻO Andrea Gerlak, ke kaukaʻi ʻo UArizona ma ke Kula ʻo Geography, Development and Environment a me ka luna hoʻomalu o ka Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy, ʻo ia ke poʻo hope o ka noiʻi ʻepekema pilikanaka o ka papahana. E alakaʻi ʻo Gerlak a me nā hoa hana i nā hui koʻikoʻi me nā mea like ʻole, e like me ka poʻe mahiʻai, ka poʻe ʻoihana lā a me nā poʻe kālai'āina, e aʻo i ka mea e hoʻoholo ai i kā lākou hoʻoholo ʻana e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻōnaehana agrivoltaics a pehea e loli ai ko lākou manaʻo i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena noiʻi hou.
Aia i loko o ka haʻawina kekahi mea hoʻonaʻauao no nā keiki K-12, nā haumāna kulanui a me ka lehulehu. Mose Thompson, luna o ka UArizona Polokalamu Kaiāulu a me ka Māla Kula, a ua hoʻomohala kāna hui i nā ʻano kuʻuna a me nā hoʻolālā haʻawina no ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā haumāna a me ka lehulehu me nā māla kula a me nā Agrivoltaics Learning Labs i hoʻokomo ʻia ma Rincon High School/University High School a me Manzo Elementary School ma Tucson Unified School District. E kākoʻo ʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻike a me ke aʻo lima ma nā kahua noiʻi SCAPES ʻekolu.
"ʻO ke kia 'Grand Challenges' o kā mākou papahana hoʻolālā e kālele ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ko mākou ikaika i ka noiʻi e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia ma ka pae aupuni a me ka honua. ʻO ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka meaʻai ma o ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi kumu ikehu hou he hiʻohiʻona maikaʻi loa ia o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o kā mākou poʻe noiʻi i nā hopena hou i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi, "wahi a ka Pelekikena o ke Kulanui o Arizona. Robert C. Robbins. "Ua hauʻoli nui wau i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hana ʻokiʻoki a Kauka Barron-Gafford e holomua ana i ka pae aʻe me kēia haʻawina mai ka USDA a ke kakali nei au e hahai iā ia, ʻo Kauka Gerlak lāua ʻo Mr. Thompson i ka holomua ʻana o kēia hoʻoikaika hui."
- ʻO Lori Harwood, Ke Kulanui o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa o ʻEpekema Social a me Behavioral Science
Kiʻi ma luna: E kākoʻo ka haʻawina i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i ka hoʻohui ʻana i ka ʻike a me ke aʻo lima ma nā kahua noiʻi SCAPES ʻekolu. Kiʻi: ʻO Moses Thompson/UArizona Community and School Garden Program