What if the same piece of land could produce food and generate solar power? That is what the principle of agrivoltaics involves: the coexistence of photovoltaics and agriculture. However, a field test by Bar-Ilan University in Israel shows that combining the two practices is more complex than simply placing panels above a crop field. According to the December 12, 2025, Scientific Reports study ‘Agri-Photovoltaic technology allows dual use of land for tomato production and electricity generation,’ researchers found that the amount of sunlight reaching tomatoes varied by their position relative to the solar panels, with greater shading generally linked to lower productivity.
The experiment was built around moving solar panels
