Glenn Alers

Glenn Alers

Scotts Valley, California, United States

“I want to make agriculture more efficient to save Earths limited resources”

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“I want to make agriculture more efficient to save Earths limited resources”

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Combined Solar and Greenhouse for Rural America

Providing clean energy and fresh produce to underserved communities

Solar Hoop Houses for Agriculture

Semi rigid solar panels are integrated into a hoop house for combined solar and covered agriculture.

Extending array lifetime with self powered sensors

This project will develop self powered sensors based on open source hardware.

Saving Water with Combined Solar and Agriculture

A combined solar + hoop house will be demonstrated that can provide power, jobs and higher crop productivity with less water consumption.

Solar Greenhouse Microgrid and Supplemental Lights

A solar+lighting+battery microgrid will be implemented in a greenhouse to extend growing hours and increase productivity.

by Glenn Alers's team