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The Agrivoltaics Research and Development Grant is a program from the Colorado Department of Agriculture that funds research and pilot projects exploring the co-location of solar energy generation and agricultural production on the same land. The program supports farmers, researchers, and agribusinesses investigating agrivoltaic systems that can simultaneously generate clean energy and sustain crop or livestock production.
Eligible applicants include Colorado agricultural operations, universities, and research organizations collaborating with farming entities. Awards support equipment, installation, data collection, and evaluation of agrivoltaic approaches suited to Colorado's diverse agricultural regions.
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To help promote multi-faceted uses of agricultural land, the Colorado Department of Agriculture operates the Agrivoltaics Research and Demonstration Grant Program. The Agrivoltaics Research and Demonstration Grant Program has awarded $1 million to thirteen projects in its first two years. Grants are intended to investigate the advantages, additional costs, and compromises of agrivoltaics systems.
Funded projects include the construction of multiple new agrivoltaic arrays that showcase various panel technologies and applications with different cropping systems. Additionally, the program funded outreach campaigns, research studies, the retrofitting of a traditional solar array for grazing, and economic modeling projects.
Colorado State Representative Karen McCormick, Colorado State Senator Chris Hansen, Agriculture Commissioner Kate Greenberg stand in agrivoltaic solar garden while Governor Jared Polis signs Senate Bill 23-092.
The program originated from Senate Bill 23-092, in which the Colorado state legislature appropriated $500,000 to distribute as agrivoltaics grants in Fiscal Year 2023-24 to support Colorado producers and help Colorado’s clean energy transition. These grants should “conduct a new or ongoing demonstration or research project as a means to study the potential, benefits, and tradeoffs of agrivoltaics in the state."
This program is separate from CDA’s existingAdvancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (ACRE3) Program. ### Awarded Projects To Date Visit our Agrivoltaics Research & Demonstration Projects StoryMap to learn more about about completed projects. ### Agrivoltaics Research and Demonstration Grant **Application window for Fiscal Year 2026-27 is open now through June 15, 2026!
** * AgPV FY27 Grant Guidelines * AgPV FY27 Grant Application This grant encourages innovative projects, including demonstrations of agrivoltaics, research projects, and outreach campaigns to further agrivoltaics and Colorado’s agricultural economy.
Eligible project types include: * Planning and/or permitting of agrivoltaics demonstration projects, * Construction of agrivoltaics demonstration projects, * Expansion of existing demonstration projects of agrivoltaic systems, * Research, monitoring and/or analysis of an agrivoltaic demonstration project, * Outreach and communication projects promoting results found from agrivoltaics demonstration projects, * Other projects that further the research and demonstration of agrivoltaics projects.
We will host an informational webinar about the grant requirements and application process. * Webinar on April 20th, 1 pm. Register here.
A tractor seeds in-between solar panels on a plot of land retrofitted for solar grazing by Namaste Solar (FY24 Awardee).
### **2025-26 Awarded Projects** * **Colorado State University (Dr. Knapp & Sturchio Lab)** will quantify how agrivoltaic land use in the semi-arid native rangelands of Colorado can conserve soil moisture, particularly important during drought, and provide reliable, and perhaps increased, forage production for livestock **(Weld County)**.
* **AgriSolar Consulting**will host a training workshop, create fact sheets, and convene a working group to help CSU Extension build expertise and capacity to provide science-based, actionable information on agrivoltaics to producers**(statewide).
** * **Longroots Ranch** will shift from continuous grazing to holistic planned grazing and regenerative grazing of sheep at a 55-acre solar array and establish an ecological monitoring process to measure land regeneration**(Boulder County). ****Join the Herd**: Longroots Ranch's insider list for solar grazing updates, site tours, and soil health monitoring outcomes.
* **American Farmland Trust**will conduct interviews and focus groups with agricultural producers and electrical utility stakeholders that will identify key factors hindering agrivoltaics deployment, opportunities, and potential policy and programmatic solutions**(statewide).
** * **Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center**will host regional workshops focused on county officials, electric cooperatives, farming and ranching organizations, solar companies, land trusts, and other interested local organizations in their home communities to discuss local opportunities for agrivoltaics**(statewide).
** ### Agrivoltaic Steering Committee **Byron Kominek**, Colorado Agrivoltaic Learning Center / Jack's Solar Garden **Ellen Kutzer**, Colorado Solar and Storage Association **Jordan Macknick**, National Renewable Energy Association **Duncan Gilchrist**, The Nature Conservancy **Meg Caley**, Sprout City Farms **Bob Wagner**, Farmer, Wagner Charolais and Gene Check, Inc. **Nathan Troudt**, Farmer **Alan Knapp**, Colorado State University **Tyler Garrett**, Rocky Mountain Farmers Union **Zach Riley**, Colorado Livestock Association **Mark Uchanski**, Colorado State University **Darrell Littlefield**, L7 Ranch LLC Three rows of bifacial solar panels stand in a field of corn at the ARDEC site, constructed by Sandbox Solar (FY24 Awardee).
**Colorado Department of Agriculture** **Colorado Department of Agriculture** Colorado Official State Web Portal
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The purpose of this FOA is to provide funding for up to four (4) Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) that will provide entrepreneurial development services to Native American communities, focusing on supplying services to socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in locations that are outside of the geographical areas of existing SBA resources. Eligible applicants must be Tribal Colleges and Universities as defined in the Higher Education Act HEA 316 (U.S.C. 1059c). Funding Opportunity Number: SB-GC7J-23-002. Assistance Listing: 59.007. Funding Instrument: G. Category: BC,ED. Award Amount: Up to $250K per award.
The purpose of this FOA is to provide funding for up to two (2) private, non-profit organizations that will provide entrepreneurial development services to women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in locations that are outside of the geographical areas of existing WBCs for the District of Columbia (DC) and the State of Oregon. There will be one award for each location. Eligible applicants must be private, non-profit organizations with 501(c) tax exempt status from the U.S. Treasury’s Internal Revenue Service and must provide services to the District of Columbia (DC) and State of Oregon. Funding Opportunity Number: SB-OEDWB-23-002. Assistance Listing: 59.043. Funding Instrument: G. Category: BC,CD,RD. Award Amount: $75K – $150K per award.
Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs Phase I is sponsored by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The USDA SBIR/STTR programs support small businesses in creating innovative, disruptive technologies with commercial potential or societal benefit, including projects dealing with agriculturally-related manufacturing and alternative and renewable energy technologies. Specialty tubing could be relevant for agricultural equipment or renewable energy systems.