As the co-owner of a California property that has never been tied to the electric grid, I can attest to the warm feeling of self-sufficiency that comes with a functioning solar power system. We’ve ...

Greenhouses are an increasingly large slice of American agriculture. There are plenty of advantages to growing crops in greenhouses, but one downside is the energy needed to, most importantly, keep ...

Greenhouses and solar panels both need to be placed in areas with a lot of sunlight – so why not combine the two? Semi-transparent solar cells could potentially be built into the glass roof panels of ...

Personal greenhouses are an excellent way to extend the growing season for any region throughout the United States and Canada. By starting seeds well before the last frost date, it's possible to ...

Spain's ULMA Agrícola consortium and Tecnalia research center have developed a new type of photovoltaic solar panel for greenhouses that can generate electricity without an adverse effect on the crops ...

Heavy-duty hog panels can be used to support a greenhouse frame. We use 16-foot wire hog panels in a lot of different ways on our small farm, but the best application so far has been the greenhouse my ...

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