On a CSU research field, crops and solar panels stand together - Coloradoan
CSU, Sandbox Solar team up for agrivoltaics experiment
On a CSU research field, crops and solar panels stand together
A solar panel installed by Sandbox Solar on a Colorado State University research field located at 4300 E. County Road 50, Fort Collins, Colo., as pictured on July 15, 2024. Ignacio Calderon/The Coloradoan
Ian Skor, owner and CEO of Sandbox Solar, shows solar panels installed on a Colorado State University research field located at 4300 E. County Road 50, Fort Collins, Colo., on July 15, 2024. Ignacio Calderon/The Coloradoan
A solar panel installed by Sandbox Solar on a Colorado State University research field located at 4300 E. County Road 50, Fort Collins, Colo., as pictured on July 15, 2024. Ignacio Calderon/The Coloradoan
Corn grows on a Colorado State University research field located at 4300 E. County Road 50, Fort Collins, Colo., on July 15, 2024. Ignacio Calderon/The Coloradoan
Ian Skor, owner and CEO of Sandbox Solar, looks at a semi-transparent solar panel on a research field with alfalfa growing underneath, located at 4300 E. County Road 50, Fort Collins, Colo., on July 15, 2024. Ignacio Calderon/The Coloradoan
Alfalfa grows underneath a solar panel located at 4300 E. County Road 50, Fort Collins, Colo., as pictured on July 15, 2024. Ignacio Calderon/The Coloradoan
Alfalfa grows underneath a semi-transparent solar panel located at 4300 E. County Road 50, Fort Collins, Colo., as pictured on July 15, 2024. Ignacio Calderon/The Coloradoan
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