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Recycled EV charger crates become solar lettuce greenhouses

Original: Semi-transparent solar panels set into the wooden crates that EV fast chargers ship in grew more lettuce than the open plot beside them in all four colors of glass, because the panels cut soil temperatures by up to 18 degrees on days the air hit 104 — and plain

Semi-transparent solar panels built into wooden crates that EV fast chargers ship in outgrew an adjacent open plot for lettuce, across four colors of glass, in trials. The panels cut soil temperatures by up to 18 degrees Fahrenheit on 104-degree days, shielding crops from heat stress while still generating solar power.

Why now: The combination of recycling shipping crates, agrivoltaics, and higher crop yields in extreme heat is drawing attention amid growing interest in dual-use solar.

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• Semi-transparent solar panels set into the wooden crates that EV fast chargers ship in grew more lettuce than the open plot beside them in all four colors of glass, because the panels cut soil temperatures by up to 18 degrees on days the air hit 104 — and plain · Autonocion.com

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