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Archived Agrivoltaics Sessions from VSS21

 Re-watch these illuminating discussions from the pandemic edition of another solar energy + land use event, the Virginia Solar Summit, our cousin conference: 

Agrivoltaics 100

 How can solar farms combine with sustainable agriculture to host herds of sheep and improve soil health?  What are agricultural, economic, and environmental impacts of co-locating agricultural enterprises such as commercial beekeeping and sheep grazing on photovoltaic sites?  Gain insights to these questions with powerful data, analysis and expert commentary from some of brightest minds in the agrivoltaics space. 

Pollinators 101: Pro-Pollinator Purpose & Policy

Virginia's Pollinator-Smart innovative program is designed to provide incentives and tools for the solar industry to adopt a native plant strategy to meet soil and water control regulations, community needs, and the needs of the environment. See why Virginia is leaning into pollinator-friendly habitat policy and learn the criteria necessary to meet Virginia’s Pollinator-Smart certification program.

Pollinators 200: Nuts & Bolts for Nurturing Healthy Pollinator Habitats

Hear how mixes of native plants can enable a solar farm to evolve into a multipurpose, high-functioning ecosystem that can support pollinator species, birds, and other wildlife, while enhancing facility economic efficiencies and physical performance of the power system itself (by keeping panels from overheating). 

Solar Stormwater 300: Vegetative Establishment & Erosion Control

Preparing to manage storm water is a critical path component to any ground-mounted solar farm and the subject of increasing regulatory and policy focus. Explore the essential topic of the greenfield construction elements fundamental to any ground-mounted solar power project, and learn how a penny of prevention is truly worth a pound of cure when it comes to preventing costly solar farm stormwater failures.

Agrivoltaics 304: Applied Best Practices to Maximize Ecological Values with Beneficial Vegetation

Applying native seed mixes goes beyond beautifying solar sites, but also adding (or returning) naturally functioning habitat with high ecological value. Once a native meadow is established, these high-function habitats conserve essential areas for pollinators, birds, and other small wildlife while simultaneously improving the soil beneath, reducing runoff, and creating attractive aesthetics on the site.

Master Class: Virginia Must Rebuild with Beneficial Vegetation for Better Soil Erosion & Stormwater Control

Robin Ernst, President of Monarch Vegetation Services, President of Meadville Land Service, and Partner of Ernst Seed delivers powerful remarks on the environmental challenge and opportunity of ground-mounted solar projects on farmland and brownfield alike. The practical realities of building beneficial habitats for bees and butterflies is serious work, and in these clarion remarks Ms. Ernst goes beyond identifying the project bottleneck emerging in Virginia... and slowing down projects... but she also makes a clear, bold call to action for every professional in the field(s), whether greenfield, brownfield or brightfield, for higher and better forms of solar farm harnessing Mother Nature's true potential.

What to Expect from the 2023 Solar Farm Summit

Stellar Sessions

60 + Experts & Practitioners

60 + Experts & Practitioners

Immersive solar development, land use and dual-use experience of the very highest educational caliber working through comprehensive syllabus.

60 + Experts & Practitioners

60 + Experts & Practitioners

60 + Experts & Practitioners

Exceptional speaker lineup of 60+ of today‛s foremost practitioners walking through 101-level instruction suitable for novices and state-of-the-art sessions and applied science.

Exhibitor Expo

60 + Experts & Practitioners

Supercharged Networking

Dozens of exhibitors will host a dynamic expo floor anchored between breakout sessions, keynotes and food service, physically anchoring program breaks, and co-hosting the final on-site social.

Supercharged Networking

Brightfield Redevelopment

Supercharged Networking

12 scheduled networking events, incl. hot breakfasts & lunches each day, beginning with an official pre-SFS23 drinks & hors d‛oeuvres event the evening of 3/13.

Greenfield Development

Brightfield Redevelopment

Brightfield Redevelopment

Dig into the details of a ground-mounted solar energy development, related land use issues and explore the dynamic dual-use potential of agrivoltaics

Brightfield Redevelopment

Brightfield Redevelopment

Brightfield Redevelopment

Focused redevelopment track will detail resources, tools, grants and programs to repurpose brownfields and marginal lands for solar, aka brightfield redevelopment.

Farmer's Forum

Agrivoltaics Almanac

Farmer's Forum

Fun, fast-paced face-to-face sessions connecting small groups of participants in guided discussions and Q&A led by seasoned agrivoltaics practitioners.

Poster Gallery

Agrivoltaics Almanac

Farmer's Forum

Add your spark and make your mark on the educational experience at North America’s first dedicated agrivoltaics expo by submitting a poster to be displayed on-site during the conference.

Agrivoltaics Almanac

Agrivoltaics Almanac

Agrivoltaics Almanac

Follow up resource compendium bundled digitally and sent following the event‛s conclusion as reference material and

resource guide containing all the SFS23 presentations and bonus materials.

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Conference Tickets

Conference Tickets

Conference Tickets

Multiple classes of early bird tickets are now available! Click on the button below to checkout on Eventbrite and reserve your spot at the most substantive agrivoltaics conference of 2023!

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Discounted Rooms

Conference Tickets

Conference Tickets

 Discounted rooms available at the official venue, the Hilton Rosemont/Chicago O’Hare hotel, incl. free shuttle service to & from the airport, discounted self-parking and DOUBLE Hilton Honors Points!

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Site Combine

Conference Tickets

Site Combine

Are you a landowner with viable acres for a ground-mounted solar project? Add your acres to the Site Combine and get a raw developability score and a free ticket to attend the conference!

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2023 Solar Farm Summit Complete Info Kit (pdf)

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