Germany realizes that if they are to wean themselves off of nuclear power by 2022, they're going to have to step up the transition to renewable energy very quickly.
Wind has been very successful in the northern part of the country, but the southern part can't rely on wind. So they're exploring solar. But they realize that building too many solar farms will remove too much farm land from the equation.
So they're experimenting with a new method of installing solar farms that will still allow for plants to grow underneath. The panels they're using are bi-facial, which means in winter, they will simultaneously be able to collect sun energy reflected off of the snow below them as well.
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