AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
COLORADO AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
National Resources

Farmer and Rancher Perspectives on Agrivoltaics in Colorado
AgriSolar Consulting
Reports

Funding Opportunities for Agrivoltaics in Colorado: A Guide for Producers, Landowners, and Service Providers
AgriSolar Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Guides
Funding Resource

Addressing Barriers to Producer Adoption of Agrivoltaics: Recommendations for the State of Colorado
AgriSolar Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Guides

Financial Considerations for Developing an Agrivoltaic System
This fact sheet focuses on new-build projects considering US federal and Colorado statespecific tax benefits.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Fact Sheets

County Land-Use Regulations for Solar Energy Development in Colorado
Published April, 2024.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center & National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Reports

Agrivoltaics in Colorado Fact Sheet
Published March, 2023.
Colorado State University Extension
Fact Sheets
NATIONAL AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
Best Practices in AgriSolar
This guide covers the state-of-the-art best practices for growing crops, grazing, beekeeping, and creating pollinator habitat under and around solar arrays.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Guides
Publications
Case Studies
Financial Information: Funding, Incentives, Tax Breaks, and Programs
This map provides links to solar financial incentives throughout the United States.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Tools
Funding Resource
AgriSolar Ownership: A Guide for Farmers, Ranchers, Communities, and Landowners to Co-locate Agricultural Production and Solar Generation
This guide serves as an introduction to the solar industry, relative to agrisolar development in the United States, community programs, and solar ownership or lease opportunities for homes, farms, and ranches.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Guides
Publications
Solar Siting Guidelines for Farmland
This fact sheet highlights the priorities for smart solar siting on farmland.
American Farmland Trust
Guides
Sheep Grazing Contract Template
This agreement template example, from the American Solar Grazing Association, Inc., is an example of a limited vegetation maintenance agreement between a solar site manager and a sheep farmer. The example includes terms of the agreement between parties and details regarding obligations under various circumstances for the duration of the contract.
American Solar Grazing Association
Tools
What is Solar Grazing and How Does it Work?
This fact sheet overviews the fundamentals of solar grazing.
American Solar Grazing Association
Fact Sheets
Solar and Multiuse Farming
This fact sheet overviews multiuse opportunities for solar projects.
American Solar Grazing Association and Solar Energy Industries Association
Fact Sheets
Are you ready for solar power? Four essential steps to consider.
This document targets landowners / farmers / ranchers and lays out four essential steps you need to take to understand whether building your own solar array is right for you.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Guides

Solar Design Considerations for Agrivoltaic Compatibility
This fact sheet explores important agrivoltaic design considerations, three solar racking designs, and their impacts on land management.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Fact Sheets

Agrivoltaics Basics
This guide will offer an overview of potential agrivoltaic systems and confgurations, including benefts and tradeoffs of implementation.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Technical Assistance
This guide summarizes agrivoltaics technical assistance pathways, case studies, and deliverables from past participant involvement.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Groundwork
This guide provides an overview of the suggested foundational activities to undertake before building an agrivoltaic system to increase the overall impact, success, and longevity of your project.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Pathway
This guide provides an overview of the site-specifc planning and implementation steps needed to build an agrivoltaic project on your farm.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaic Designs and Configurations
This guide will inform the initial design of your agrivoltaic system to meet your farm’s needs and goals.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides
Training

Agrivoltaics Data Portal
An open-access data repository to find, filter and analyze publications on teh topic of agrivoltaics form around the world.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Publications
Tools

Agrivoltaics Map
This dynamic map represents a census of agrivoltaic installations located across the United States. The map is constantly expanding as new sites are developed.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Tools
Conservation Guidance for Utility-Scale Solar Projects
This document provides a broad overview of possible conservation opportunities, considerations, and potential benefits of solar projects.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Guides
Conservation Considerations for Solar Farms
This fact sheet provides conservation considerations regarding solar farms for a general audience.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fact Sheets
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
This resource overviews the REAP program, which provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Rural Development
Funding Resource
Farmer's Guide to Going Solar
This guide helps answer some questions that farmers may have about going solar and agrivoltaics.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Homeowner’s Guide to the Federal Tax Credit for Solar Photovoltaics
This guide provides an overview of the federal investment tax credit for residential solar photovoltaics.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Funding Resource
The Borrowers Guide to Financing Solar Energy Systems: A Federal Overview
This guide provides information that can assist both lenders and consumers in financing solar energy systems, which include both solar electric (photovoltaic) and solar thermal systems. It also includes information about other ways to make solar energy systems more affordable, as well as descriptions of special mortgage programs for energy-efficient homes.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Funding Resource
COLORADO AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
National Resources

Farmer and Rancher Perspectives on Agrivoltaics in Colorado
AgriSolar Consulting
Reports

Funding Opportunities for Agrivoltaics in Colorado: A Guide for Producers, Landowners, and Service Providers
AgriSolar Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Guides
Funding Resource

Addressing Barriers to Producer Adoption of Agrivoltaics: Recommendations for the State of Colorado
AgriSolar Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Guides

Financial Considerations for Developing an Agrivoltaic System
This fact sheet focuses on new-build projects considering US federal and Colorado statespecific tax benefits.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Fact Sheets

County Land-Use Regulations for Solar Energy Development in Colorado
Published April, 2024.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center & National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Reports

Agrivoltaics in Colorado Fact Sheet
Published March, 2023.
Colorado State University Extension
Fact Sheets
NATIONAL AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
Best Practices in AgriSolar
This guide covers the state-of-the-art best practices for growing crops, grazing, beekeeping, and creating pollinator habitat under and around solar arrays.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Guides
Publications
Case Studies
Financial Information: Funding, Incentives, Tax Breaks, and Programs
This map provides links to solar financial incentives throughout the United States.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Tools
Funding Resource
AgriSolar Ownership: A Guide for Farmers, Ranchers, Communities, and Landowners to Co-locate Agricultural Production and Solar Generation
This guide serves as an introduction to the solar industry, relative to agrisolar development in the United States, community programs, and solar ownership or lease opportunities for homes, farms, and ranches.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Guides
Publications
Solar Siting Guidelines for Farmland
This fact sheet highlights the priorities for smart solar siting on farmland.
American Farmland Trust
Guides
Sheep Grazing Contract Template
This agreement template example, from the American Solar Grazing Association, Inc., is an example of a limited vegetation maintenance agreement between a solar site manager and a sheep farmer. The example includes terms of the agreement between parties and details regarding obligations under various circumstances for the duration of the contract.
American Solar Grazing Association
Tools
What is Solar Grazing and How Does it Work?
This fact sheet overviews the fundamentals of solar grazing.
American Solar Grazing Association
Fact Sheets
Solar and Multiuse Farming
This fact sheet overviews multiuse opportunities for solar projects.
American Solar Grazing Association and Solar Energy Industries Association
Fact Sheets
Are you ready for solar power? Four essential steps to consider.
This document targets landowners / farmers / ranchers and lays out four essential steps you need to take to understand whether building your own solar array is right for you.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Guides

Solar Design Considerations for Agrivoltaic Compatibility
This fact sheet explores important agrivoltaic design considerations, three solar racking designs, and their impacts on land management.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Fact Sheets

Agrivoltaics Basics
This guide will offer an overview of potential agrivoltaic systems and confgurations, including benefts and tradeoffs of implementation.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Technical Assistance
This guide summarizes agrivoltaics technical assistance pathways, case studies, and deliverables from past participant involvement.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Groundwork
This guide provides an overview of the suggested foundational activities to undertake before building an agrivoltaic system to increase the overall impact, success, and longevity of your project.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Pathway
This guide provides an overview of the site-specifc planning and implementation steps needed to build an agrivoltaic project on your farm.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaic Designs and Configurations
This guide will inform the initial design of your agrivoltaic system to meet your farm’s needs and goals.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides
Training

Agrivoltaics Data Portal
An open-access data repository to find, filter and analyze publications on teh topic of agrivoltaics form around the world.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Publications
Tools

Agrivoltaics Map
This dynamic map represents a census of agrivoltaic installations located across the United States. The map is constantly expanding as new sites are developed.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Tools
Conservation Guidance for Utility-Scale Solar Projects
This document provides a broad overview of possible conservation opportunities, considerations, and potential benefits of solar projects.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Guides
Conservation Considerations for Solar Farms
This fact sheet provides conservation considerations regarding solar farms for a general audience.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fact Sheets
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
This resource overviews the REAP program, which provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Rural Development
Funding Resource
Farmer's Guide to Going Solar
This guide helps answer some questions that farmers may have about going solar and agrivoltaics.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Homeowner’s Guide to the Federal Tax Credit for Solar Photovoltaics
This guide provides an overview of the federal investment tax credit for residential solar photovoltaics.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Funding Resource
The Borrowers Guide to Financing Solar Energy Systems: A Federal Overview
This guide provides information that can assist both lenders and consumers in financing solar energy systems, which include both solar electric (photovoltaic) and solar thermal systems. It also includes information about other ways to make solar energy systems more affordable, as well as descriptions of special mortgage programs for energy-efficient homes.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Funding Resource
COLORADO AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
National Resources

Farmer and Rancher Perspectives on Agrivoltaics in Colorado
AgriSolar Consulting
Reports

Funding Opportunities for Agrivoltaics in Colorado: A Guide for Producers, Landowners, and Service Providers
AgriSolar Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Guides
Funding Resource

Addressing Barriers to Producer Adoption of Agrivoltaics: Recommendations for the State of Colorado
AgriSolar Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Guides

Financial Considerations for Developing an Agrivoltaic System
This fact sheet focuses on new-build projects considering US federal and Colorado statespecific tax benefits.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Fact Sheets

County Land-Use Regulations for Solar Energy Development in Colorado
Published April, 2024.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center & National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Reports

Agrivoltaics in Colorado Fact Sheet
Published March, 2023.
Colorado State University Extension
Fact Sheets
NATIONAL AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
Best Practices in AgriSolar
This guide covers the state-of-the-art best practices for growing crops, grazing, beekeeping, and creating pollinator habitat under and around solar arrays.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Guides
Publications
Case Studies
Financial Information: Funding, Incentives, Tax Breaks, and Programs
This map provides links to solar financial incentives throughout the United States.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Tools
Funding Resource
AgriSolar Ownership: A Guide for Farmers, Ranchers, Communities, and Landowners to Co-locate Agricultural Production and Solar Generation
This guide serves as an introduction to the solar industry, relative to agrisolar development in the United States, community programs, and solar ownership or lease opportunities for homes, farms, and ranches.
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Guides
Publications
Solar Siting Guidelines for Farmland
This fact sheet highlights the priorities for smart solar siting on farmland.
American Farmland Trust
Guides
Sheep Grazing Contract Template
This agreement template example, from the American Solar Grazing Association, Inc., is an example of a limited vegetation maintenance agreement between a solar site manager and a sheep farmer. The example includes terms of the agreement between parties and details regarding obligations under various circumstances for the duration of the contract.
American Solar Grazing Association
Tools
What is Solar Grazing and How Does it Work?
This fact sheet overviews the fundamentals of solar grazing.
American Solar Grazing Association
Fact Sheets
Solar and Multiuse Farming
This fact sheet overviews multiuse opportunities for solar projects.
American Solar Grazing Association and Solar Energy Industries Association
Fact Sheets
Are you ready for solar power? Four essential steps to consider.
This document targets landowners / farmers / ranchers and lays out four essential steps you need to take to understand whether building your own solar array is right for you.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Guides

Solar Design Considerations for Agrivoltaic Compatibility
This fact sheet explores important agrivoltaic design considerations, three solar racking designs, and their impacts on land management.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Fact Sheets

Agrivoltaics Basics
This guide will offer an overview of potential agrivoltaic systems and confgurations, including benefts and tradeoffs of implementation.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Technical Assistance
This guide summarizes agrivoltaics technical assistance pathways, case studies, and deliverables from past participant involvement.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Groundwork
This guide provides an overview of the suggested foundational activities to undertake before building an agrivoltaic system to increase the overall impact, success, and longevity of your project.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Pathway
This guide provides an overview of the site-specifc planning and implementation steps needed to build an agrivoltaic project on your farm.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaic Designs and Configurations
This guide will inform the initial design of your agrivoltaic system to meet your farm’s needs and goals.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides
Training

Agrivoltaics Data Portal
An open-access data repository to find, filter and analyze publications on teh topic of agrivoltaics form around the world.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Publications
Tools

Agrivoltaics Map
This dynamic map represents a census of agrivoltaic installations located across the United States. The map is constantly expanding as new sites are developed.
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Tools
Conservation Guidance for Utility-Scale Solar Projects
This document provides a broad overview of possible conservation opportunities, considerations, and potential benefits of solar projects.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Guides
Conservation Considerations for Solar Farms
This fact sheet provides conservation considerations regarding solar farms for a general audience.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fact Sheets
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
This resource overviews the REAP program, which provides guaranteed loan financing and grant funding to agricultural producers and rural small businesses for renewable energy systems or to make energy efficiency improvements.
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Rural Development
Funding Resource
Farmer's Guide to Going Solar
This guide helps answer some questions that farmers may have about going solar and agrivoltaics.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Homeowner’s Guide to the Federal Tax Credit for Solar Photovoltaics
This guide provides an overview of the federal investment tax credit for residential solar photovoltaics.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Funding Resource
The Borrowers Guide to Financing Solar Energy Systems: A Federal Overview
This guide provides information that can assist both lenders and consumers in financing solar energy systems, which include both solar electric (photovoltaic) and solar thermal systems. It also includes information about other ways to make solar energy systems more affordable, as well as descriptions of special mortgage programs for energy-efficient homes.
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Funding Resource
COLORADO AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
National Resources

Farmer and Rancher Perspectives on Agrivoltaics in Colorado
AgriSolar Consulting
Reports

Funding Opportunities for Agrivoltaics in Colorado: A Guide for Producers, Landowners, and Service Providers
AgriSolar Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Guides
Funding Resource

Addressing Barriers to Producer Adoption of Agrivoltaics: Recommendations for the State of Colorado
AgriSolar Consulting & American Farmland Trust
Guides

Financial Considerations for Developing an Agrivoltaic System
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Fact Sheets

County Land-Use Regulations for Solar Energy Development in Colorado
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center & National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Reports

Agrivoltaics in Colorado Fact Sheet
Colorado State University Extension
Fact Sheets
NATIONAL AGRIVOLTAICS RESOURCES
Best Practices in AgriSolar
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Guides
Publications
Case Studies
Financial Information: Funding, Incentives, Tax Breaks, and Programs
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Tools
Funding Resource
AgriSolar Ownership: A Guide for Farmers, Ranchers, Communities, and Landowners to Co-locate Agricultural Production and Solar Generation
AgriSolar Clearinghouse
Guides
Publications
Solar Siting Guidelines for Farmland
American Farmland Trust
Guides
Sheep Grazing Contract Template
American Solar Grazing Association
Tools
What is Solar Grazing and How Does it Work?
American Solar Grazing Association
Fact Sheets
Solar and Multiuse Farming
American Solar Grazing Association and Solar Energy Industries Association
Fact Sheets
Are you ready for solar power? Four essential steps to consider.
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Guides

Solar Design Considerations for Agrivoltaic Compatibility
Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center
Fact Sheets

Agrivoltaics Basics
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Technical Assistance
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Groundwork
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaics Pathway
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides

Agrivoltaic Designs and Configurations
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Guides
Training

Agrivoltaics Data Portal
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Publications
Tools

Agrivoltaics Map
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Tools
Conservation Guidance for Utility-Scale Solar Projects
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Guides
Conservation Considerations for Solar Farms
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Natural Resources Conservation Service
Fact Sheets
Rural Energy for America Program (REAP)
U.S. Department of Agriculture - Rural Development
Funding Resource
Farmer's Guide to Going Solar
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Homeowner’s Guide to the Federal Tax Credit for Solar Photovoltaics
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Funding Resource
The Borrowers Guide to Financing Solar Energy Systems: A Federal Overview
U.S. Department of Energy
Guides
Funding Resource
For more information about the Colorado
Agrivoltaic Toolkit visit AgriSolar Consulting
For more information about the Colorado
Agrivoltaic Toolkit visit AgriSolar Consulting
For more information about the Colorado
Agrivoltaic Toolkit visit AgriSolar Consulting