A farm in Bavaria is covering its hops with solar panels, providing electricity to 250 households and shading the plants from the increasingly scorching summer heat in the process.
I really wish they’d do something like this in my home state. WA is one of the largest growers of hops in the world, and the eastern half of the state is a highlands desert that gets major sun throughout the year.
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I really wish they’d do something like this in my home state. WA is one of the largest growers of hops in the world, and the eastern half of the state is a highlands desert that gets major sun throughout the year.