About Solar Farm Summit
The Solar Farm Summit is a solar energy, land use and agrivoltaics conference and expo focused on ground-mounted solar development and dual-use projects co-locating solar power and agricultural production or advanced conservation practices, including pollinator habitat, as well as the redevelopment of marginal and brownfield land.
Beyond ‘making a space’ and market for those attending our conference, our aim is to begin an ever-present campaign to seed the marketplace of ideas far and wide. We aim to prove solar, agriculture and conservation land uses are not in conflict and elevate the broader agrivoltaics conversation. We’re intent on opening specific opportunities for farmers who attend each Solar Farm Summit, but our highest objective is to win hearts and minds across the heartland, and move hands to action until agrivoltaics is adopted on a planetary scale.
The 2025 Solar Farm Summit
North America's 1st dedicated dual-use development conference and agrivoltaics exhibition will dig even deeper into the essential solar energy and agriculture nexus during its 3rd supersized installment, which is scheduled to land on the lake front in downtown Chicago on August 4-7, 2025!
Attendees can expect 3+ difference-making days of instructive and inspiring dual-use development programming and exhibition in an enriching and substance-first environment designed to disseminate applied knowledge, speed adoption, activate advocacy, and drive the ultimate construction of these ultra-adaptive and doubly-abundant solar farms unto ubiquity across North America and beyond. SFS25’s syllabus-style program featuring 100+ of today’s foremost experts builds from entry-level dual-use and land-based solar development basics up to detailed case studies and projects, policy, government programs, grants and financing, community engagement, land recycling, and advanced topics in applied agrivoltaics and land stewardship; as well as focused workshops and Q&A forums.
Beyond the sessions, a supercharged SFS25 social experience is loaded with networking opportunities beginning with a researcher's forum, solar grazing workshop, Agrivoltaics 101, and the North American Agrivoltaics Awards Ceremony & Reception—all to encourage dynamic information exchange, idea cross-pollination and interpersonal connection during the most engaging and largest agrivoltaics exhibition on the planet!
Join the SFS community August 4, 5, 6 & 7, 2025 at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago for 3+ brilliant days of education, inspiration and interpersonal connection. Dig in, plug in and grow with the revolutionary pairing of agriculture + solar power at North America’s Agrivoltaics Expo—the 2025 Solar Farm Summit!
We Are Proud to Host the Annual North American Agrivoltaics Awards
The North American Agrivoltaics Awards (NAAA) is an annual campaign to discover, elevate and celebrate outstanding achievements in the advancement of dual-use solar development in North America. Following open nominations, finalists best representing excellence in agrivoltaics and ecovoltaics are chosen by the host committee. Ultimate NAAA winners are decided via aggregated public and committee vote and will receive individual awards while being recognized on stage during the NAAA Ceremony and Reception at the Solar Farm Summit.
