[HN Gopher] Hops for beer flourish under solar panels ___________________________________________________________________ Hops for beer flourish under solar panels Author : TazeTSchnitzel Score : 46 points Date : 2023-07-22 20:39 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (apnews.com) (TXT) w3m dump (apnews.com) | pstuart wrote: | I expect this trend to grow significantly. | jerrysievert wrote: | my first year of hop growth was fantastic, the temperatures were | a bit lower during the early summer than they are this year. my | second year (this year), the growth is way down and a large | percentage of my hops are ready to be picked (about 2 months | early). | | it will be nice to enjoy fresh hop beer early this year, but I | haven't enjoyed the weather that has brought it to us, and not | enjoying such a lower yield than last year. | barathr wrote: | Agrivoltaics in general make a lot of sense, especially in mid to | lower latitude regions. During peak summer in direct sun the | temperatures now are often hotter than is ideal for optimal | photosynthesis, and this problem will get worse as the planet | continues to warm. Solar panels can soak up those photons on peak | summer days -- when there's high AC demand, among other things. | (There's also another advantage -- the panels will keep working | even in the winter on lands that are fallow in the winter.) | r00fus wrote: | Not to mention with climate change and increased summer temps | (like we're suffering now in the northern hemisphere) shading | may be required for optimal crop growth. | sieabahlpark wrote: | [dead] | OJFord wrote: | Breaking news, some plants are ok in (nevermind prefer) shade? | | Hops can be climbers, i.e. inherently companion to some shade- | providing plant/tree. | The_Blade wrote: | I just learned hops are named exactly for that, jumping on | plants and sheep and the town crier or whatever. A Germany / | England thing from the very early Crusader Kings timeframe. | | English Germanic words are so much shorter and straightforward | then all our Romance and tech piffle. :) ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-07-22 23:00 UTC)