Tailwind for TubeSolar.
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In issue 02/2021, we had introduced the company TubeSolar AG to you in the "World Savers" section (link "Double Yield"). The Augsburg-based company wants to generate electricity with solar panels in tube form. In addition to being used on commercial and industrial roofs, they will be mounted on stilts above agricultural land so that tractors can drive underneath them. Because the solar tubes are arranged in a grid design, they also allow sunlight and rain to pass through. The effect: photovoltaics and agriculture can be operated together on the same land.
On February 10, the German government presented proposals to promote such agri-PV systems. In future, they are to be permitted in principle on all arable land, provided that agricultural...