Climate with Kiana1 Dec 2025

Agrivoltaics with Savannah Whitfield

In this episode, we hear from Savannah Whitfield. Savannah is the COO and co-founder of Okovate Sustainable Energy. Okovate develops agrivoltaics projects, dual-use solar projects on agriculture land. Savannah shares her journey working in solar and agrivoltaics. We discuss the benefits of agrivoltaics, regenerative agriculture, climate resiliency, electrifying farm operations, and the future of agrivoltaics in the US.

Connect with Savannah:

https://www.okovate.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/savannah-whitfield/

Agrivoltaics Resources:

NREL's Agrivoltaics Research: Combining Solar Energy With Agriculture (Text Version)

Farmer-first approach to agrivoltaics will benefit NY food, energy goals | CALS

Cows and Solar Panels? In a New Jersey First, Project Melds Farming With Electricity Generation - Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute (RCEI)

In Massachusetts, Proof Grows of Benefits for Combining Solar and Agriculture · American Farmland Trust

NYSERDA grants $7 million to co-locate solar and agriculture throughout New York

Alaska Tests a Theory: Solar Farms Help Nearby Crops Grow

As Federal Support for On-Farm Solar Declines, Is Community Agrivoltaics the Future?

Lighting the Way for Agrivoltaics: How NREL Empowers Communities To Capture the Benefits of Solar Energy, Agriculture, and Ecosystems

Agrivoltaics: double the farming on a global scale | EnergyTransition.org

Credits

Hosted and produced by Kiana Michaan

Co-produced by Lucy Little

Edited by Maxfield Biggs

Music by Naima Mackrel

For resources, transcripts, and more information about the guests: https://www.climatewithkiana.com/podcast/agrivoltaics-with-savannah-whitfield

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