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Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade. (apnews.com)

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Hops for beer flourish under solar panels. They're not the only crop thriving in the shade.::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.

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[–] Hawk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago

Have you seen the pictures? The solar panels are fairly small, mounted on top of the poles.

This is in the Hallertau, one of the more famous hop regions. It's not some random farmer, hop is how he makes his living.