old news from May ---------- is in fact NOT fully TRUE
Italy has regulated, NOT banned.
It has banned solar panel installations close to the ground on ground that can be used for agricultural purposes -
but higher mounted panels which allow crops and animals to graze on productive land is very much still permitted
which is the way that land use is going anyway
''Agrivoltaic projects: Solar panels installed above fields and crops without interfering with agricultural productivity are still allowed
. These systems must be installed at a minimum height of 2.1 meters above the ground''
''Agri-photovoltaics" refers to the combination of energy generation and agriculture on a common area. Agricultural use can involve both crops and livestock farming. The PV modules are then either mounted much higher above the ground so that farming can be carried out below. Or the row spacing is increased and the agricultural activities take place primarily between the rows of modules. Alternatively, the modules can also be installed vertically and farming can also take place between the rows of modules''
