### What You Need to Know About Agrivoltaics: Combining Solar with Agriculture in New Jersey
In the ever-evolving solar industry, agrivoltaics—the co-location of agriculture and solar energy generation—has been gaining traction as a way to maximize the use of land while helping meet clean energy goals. Known interchangeably as “agrisolar” or “dual-use solar,” this innovative concept is making waves, particularly in New Jersey, where a pilot program is incentivizing its development.
If you’ve been researching solar panels for your home or looking into solar arrays for home use, you may find this topic intriguing. While residential solar installations focus on optimizing rooftops and private properties, agrivoltaics gives solar companies a way to scale up renewable energy production by sharing space with agricultural activities.
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### New Jersey’s Agrivoltaics Incentive Program
In July 2021, New Jersey took a forward-thinking step by introducing the Dual-Use Solar Energy Act. This legislation directed the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (BPU) to create rules for an agrivoltaics pilot program. These pilot projects fall under the broader Successor Solar Incentive Program, which is designed to provide incentives to qualifying solar electric generation facilities
Original Article: https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/01/07/agrivoltaic-pilot-program-announced-in-new-jersey/
