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The Future of Agriculture Combined With Renewable Energy Finds Success at Jack’s Solar Garden

The garden generates enough power for more than 300 homes from 3,276 solar panels.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

A 24-acre family farm purchased by Jack Stingerie in 1972 that grew hay, wheat, and hosted cattle over time has now evolved into a model for how to produce energy and food in tandem. Researchers with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) InSPIRE project partnered with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Colorado State University, University of Arizona, and father-and-son team Kurt and Byron Kominek to create Jack’s Solar Garden, a successful agrivoltaics project in Longmont, CO. Mu...

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