Advances in Agrivoltaic Research at CSU

Join us at Odell Brewing to learn more about the foundational agrivoltaics research being conducted at Colorado State University and how it can help agricultural producers in Colorado and the Mountain West. Mark Uchanski is an associate professor of horticulture at Colorado State University. He manages the CSU Agrivoltaics Testing Grounds at the ARDEC research farm in Fort Collins, Colorado. The first Agrivoltaics Testing Grounds array was installed in 2019 and includes semi-transparent modules to evaluate the balance of crop production and electrical output on an operational farm. In 2024, the Testing Grounds were expanded to include three rows of vertical bifacial modules. This is a first in Colorado and our region. Today, Mark will describe those projects as well as the rest of the growing CSU agrivoltaics portfolio.

ABOUT OUR SPEAKER

Dr. Mark Uchanski is an associate professor of vegetable cropping systems at Colorado State University, based in Fort Collins. He has almost twenty years of experience in horticultural education, vegetable crop research, and outreach activities. His teaching and research emphases are in the area of sustainable and organic vegetable production. He works with both small and large vegetable growers, assisting them with their production practices and finding their place in the food system.

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