Colorado Explores Solar Farm Panel Spacing

Spaced out: An economic framework to explore the impacts of PV panel spacing on large-scale farming in Colorado

Science Direct | Brian Mirletz et al.

February 25, 2026

Highlights

• Increased row spacing can lead to economically viable agrivoltaic systems

  
  

• Systems are economically viable in the range of large-scale crops in Colorado

  
  

• Developed an open-source economic framework for row spacing analysis

  
  

• Framework can be extended to additional crops and regions

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