Researchers have planted a variety of crops amid solar panels at the University of Illinois to test agrivoltaics — an emerging system where farming and energy production happen simultaneously.

Alternative energy sources such as wind, geothermal, hydro and solar have grown increasingly popular as ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and strengthen the grid by decentralizing power ...

Missouri is the No. 3 producer of beef cattle in the country, and University of Missouri researchers aim to develop a project that would study how farmers can produce both beef and solar energy on the ...