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Agrivoltaic grazing systems in Queensland The potential, challenges, and opportunities for the coexistence of grazing and solar power plants in Queensland

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Bowen, M. K. (2024) Agrivoltaic grazing systems in Queensland The potential, challenges, and opportunities for the coexistence of grazing and solar power plants in Queensland. Project Report. State of Queensland, Department of Agriculture and Fisheries.

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This report provides a review of the potential, challenges, and opportunities for the co-existence of grazing systems and utility-scale solar energy production in Queensland. This preliminary review and analysis indicates that solar power plants and livestock grazing need not be mutually exclusive. There has been a lack of uptake of cattle co-grazing in Australia (and internationally) and further work is required to identify the particular impediments that apply and whether these can be overcome. Flocks of meat sheep are relatively rare in the regions of eastern Queensland where the majority of solar power plants are proposed for development. Further work is required to identify whether flocks of meat sheep can be established and expanded in these regions to undertake the amount of grazing likely to become available on solar power plants (i.e. ca. 100,000 ha).

Item Type:Monograph (Project Report)
Corporate Creators:Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland
Business groups:Animal Science
Subjects:Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural economics
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Farm economics. Farm management. Agricultural mathematics
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agriculture and the environment
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Farm machinery and farm engineering
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Agricultural structures. Farm buildings
Agriculture > Agriculture (General) > Conservation of natural resources
Animal culture > Cattle
Animal culture > Rangelands. Range management. Grazing
Animal culture > Feeds and feeding. Animal nutrition
Live Archive:17 Apr 2024 00:20
Last Modified:17 Apr 2024 02:16

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