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

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

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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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Wonder how they plant/harvest. Seems like the panels would block a tractor

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