Through this partnership, Okovate and Fundusol will provide maximized community benefits to empower crop farmers with high performing agrivoltaics. Okovate develops and deploys cutting-edge agrivoltaics systems that optimize land use, enhance soil quality, protect crops, reduce water usage, and generate clean energy for rural and underserved communities.
Backed by experts at Stanford University and Carnegie Mellon University, Fundusol’s proprietary agrivoltaic software provides optimized system designs for electricity and agricultural performance, across locations and crop profiles.
Fundusol designs photovoltaic systems that integrate with farmland utilizing solar and biomass algorithms including shadowing, thermal, and economic models to assess and ensure agrivoltaics designs that are both environmentally beneficial and economically viable.
This partnership is designed to accelerate the adoption of high-performing agrivoltaics systems across the US, optimizing land usage and providing farmers with benefits including discounted clean electricity, waters savings, and enhanced soil quality.
Okovate CEO and Co-Founder Miles Braxton commented on the partnership, “Fundusol's advanced modeling and design capabilities are a perfect complement to Okovate's solar development model. Through combining our strengths, we will accelerate the deployment of high-performing agrivoltaic systems that maximize both crop yields and energy production, creating a win-win for farmers, rural communities, and investors.”
