/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/farmers-in-egypt-use-solar-panels-to-grow-cropsAgrovoltaics. (Image Credit: ADMC/ pixabay ) For thousands of years, Egypt has made agriculture work in its harsh environment. Nowadays, however, farmers are facing more challenges: water scarcity and increasing temperatures that damage crops. Agrovoen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/farmers-in-egypt-use-solar-panels-to-grow-cropsThu, 17 Sep 2026 14:02:47 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1c6de8fb-dd3a-48e0-a143-c52121e586cbralphjy1<p>It would be nice to see the long term plan for sustainability of these installations.&nbsp; Witnessing all the issues with replacing aging infrastructure makes me worry about large scale deployments of this type in harsh environments.</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30207&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">https://community.element14.com/technologies/power-management/b/blog/posts/farmers-in-egypt-use-solar-panels-to-grow-cropsThu, 17 Sep 2026 11:59:41 GMT93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:1c6de8fb-dd3a-48e0-a143-c52121e586cbbeacon_dave0<p>We have a small 50kW agrivoltaics demonstrator as part of the solar farm here at the uni.</p> <p><a href="https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/blogs/inside-the-operation-lancaster-universitys-pioneering-journey-to-net-zero-carbon-emissions" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t">https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/lec/about-us/blogs/inside-the-operation-lancaster-universitys-pioneering-journey-to-net-zero-carbon-emissions</a></p> <p>Looks like we are growing deer under the main arrays&nbsp; [emoticon:c4563cd7d5574777a71c318021cbbcc8]</p><img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=30207&AppID=4&AppType=Weblog&ContentType=0" width="1" height="1">