New Jersey approves 16 agrivoltaics projects totaling 52.06 MW

NJBPU’s first dual-use agrivoltaics solicitation gives selected farm-based projects a path to combine crop or agricultural operations with solar generation. The 52.06 MW award total is modest compared with utility-scale procurement, but it is important because land-use conflict is a growing constraint for solar deployment in dense markets. If the pilots perform well, they could help establish practical rules for farm income, grid capacity and agricultural preservation to coexist.