Publications

Planting broccoli, Spring 2024

Publications

Alomari L.M., Tyndall J.C., Slack S.M. and O’Neal M.E.  (2026).  Breaking the global plateau in strawberry production: the potential for utility scale agrivoltaics. Frontiers in Horticulture, 5:1865830. doi: 10.3389/fhort.2026.1865830 

O’Neal, M., N Petersen, L. Dong, H. Feng, A. Kimber, A. Nair, S. Slack, J. Tyndall, and H. Villegas. (2025). A public-private partnership to develop agrivoltaics in the US Midwest. AgriVoltaics Conference Proceedings, 3. https://doi.org/10.52825/agripv.v3i.1403

Dolezal, A. G., Torres, J., & O’Neal, M. E. (2021). Can solar energy fuel pollinator conservation?. Environmental entomology, 50(4), 757-761.

 

Presentations & Posters

*Bowling, C., O'Neal, M., Slack, S., Toth, A. (2026). "How Do Managed Honey Bees Respond to Solar Farms?". Entomological Society of America North Central Branch Meeting, Des Moines, IA. April 20, 2026.

Killewald, M. F.  (2026)  Overview of agrivoltaics– The integration of solar and agricultural production. Iowa Learning Farms, 2026 June 10, Webinar. https://www.iowalearningfarms.org/resources/michael-killewald

Wilmes, R., Lagois, J., Nair, A., Slack, S., O'Neal, M., Kimber, A., Tyndall, J., Feng, H. (2026). Agrovoltaics: How panels affect summer squash "Multipik" production. 63rd Electric Power Research Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. May 19-20, 2026.

Lartius, H., Crespi, J., Feng, H., Kimber., Tyndall, J., O'Neal, M. (2026). “Agrivoltaics as social license" Implications of integrating solar and agriculture in Iowa. 63rd Electric Power Research Conference, Iowa State University, Ames, IA. May 19-20, 2026.

Kapayou, Derrick (2024) Expanding the frontier of agriculture?: Agrivoltaics in the Iowa landscape. 2024 Solar Farm Summit. Chicago, IL. July 8-11, 2024. 

Dietsch et al. (2024). Leveraging a Public-Private Partnership to Address Technical and Socioeconomic Factors of Agrivoltaics System

Nair et al. (2024) Growing horticultural crops within and around photovoltaic panels and assessing impact on crop performance, microclimate, and power production.pptx

O'Neal et al. (2024) Illuminating Sustainability-  Solar-Powered Resilient Community Centers and  Alliant Energy's Agrivoltaic Research.pptx

 

*first place for best presentation