Byron Kominek gives a tour at Jack's Solar Garden
Byron Kominek gives a tour at Jack's Solar Garden
Upcoming Tours
Season Opener: A Bluegrass Picnic
Jack's Solar Garden in Longmont, CO
Picnic under the panels and celebrate the season at Jack’s Solar Garden. This laid-back evening brings together live bluegrass, community, and agrivoltaics in a one-of-a-kind setting where clean energy, agriculture, and land stewardship meet.
While you’re there, discover more ways to experience Jack’s Solar Garden. Their guided public tours offer a unique chance to walk among the panels, explore active research plots, and see agrivoltaics in practice firsthand. Can’t make it in person? Their immersive 360° virtual tour makes it possible to explore the site and learn how solar and agriculture can thrive together from anywhere.
Whether you’re joining for the music, the mission, or a deeper look at one of the nation’s leading agrivoltaics sites, Jack’s Solar Garden offers a meaningful way to connect with the future of farming and energy.
2026 Open House Series
Agrivoltaics at Iowa State University
Join Iowa State University for the 2026 Agrivoltaics Open House Series at the Alliant Energy Solar Farm at ISU. Explore how crops, pollinator habitat, and solar energy production can work together on a working research farm designed to test agrivoltaics at scale. Meet the multidisciplinary team studying microclimates, food production, and solar performance while developing best practices for farmers, developers, and rural communities.
Come see how agrivoltaics is taking shape in the Midwest.
For details, contact the ISU team at solarfarm@iastate.edu .
Dual-Use Solar Farms to Visit
California
Nextpower AgriPV Showcase Yard
Location: Fremont, California
Features: Crops, Conservation
Tour Availability: Private tours, Scheduled events, School group tours
Contact: Ezra Ziegler, eziegler@nextracker.com
California
Redford Conservancy - Cal Poly Pomona Agrivoltaics Research Site
Location: Pomona, CA
Features: First commercial-scale urban agrivoltaics project in Southern California, demonstrating Romaine lettuce production under fixed 8-foot solar arrays with portable battery storage
Tour Availability: Private tours
Contact: Rose Cesena Olivas, roliva@pitzer.edu
Colorado
Colorado
ARDEC Agrivoltaic Testing Grounds at Colorado State University
Location: Fort Collins, Colorado
Features: Crop research crops (corn, horticultural)
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours
Contact: Jack Donovan, agpv@sandboxsolar.com
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Jack's Solar Garden
Location: Longmont, Colorado
Features: Herbs, berries, vegetables, grassland, chickens, sheep, and research into forage growth, insects, and agribusiness development
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours, Event bookings
Contact: coagrivoltaic.org/tours
Colorado
Colorado
Colorado
Shortgrass Ecovoltaic Research Facility, Colorado State University
Location: North of Nunn, Colorado
Features: Native grassland
Tour Availability: Private tours
Contact: Alan K. Knapp, aknapp@colostate.edu
Illinois
Colorado
Colorado
Agrivoltaic Site at the Energy Farm
Location: Urbana, Illinois
Features: Row crops, pasture perennials and winter wheat
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours, Event bookings, Scheduled events / tours
Contact: latawic2@illinois.edu, tmies@illinois.edu
Indiana
Mammoth North Solar
Location: Starke County, Indiana
Features: Crops, livestock, conservation
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours, Event bookings
Contact: Ran Rabi, ranrabi@doral-llc.com
Iowa
Alliant Energy Solar Farm at Iowa State University
Location: Ames, Iowa
Features: Fruit, vegetable, honey, and pollinator habitat
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours, Event bookings
Contact: solarfarm@iastate.edu
Massachusetts
Joe Czajkowski Farm
Location: Hadley, Massachusetts
Features: Rotational row crops - broccoli the last 2 years, sweet corn this growing season (2025)
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours, Event bookings
Contact: Jake Marley, jmarley@hyperionsystemsllc.com
Minnesota
New Jersey
University of Minnesota West Central Research and Outreach Center
Location: Morris, Minnesota
Features: Cattle, crops, and forage
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours
Contact: Brad Heins, hein0106@umn.edu
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
Rutgers Agricultural Research and Extension Center (RAREC)
Location: Bridgeton, NJ
Features: Tomato, pepper, eggplant, and soybean production; 8ft 1 and 2 panel wide single axis trackers
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours, Event bookings, Scheduled events / tours
Contact: Shawn Sorrels, ss2628@njaes.rutgers.edu
New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey
Rutgers Cook College Animal Farm
Location: New Brunswick, NJ
Features: Cattle forage; Vertical bifacial panels
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours, Event bookings, Scheduled events / tours
Contact: Shawn Sorrels, ss2628@njaes.rutgers.edu
New Jersey
Rutgers Snyder Research Farm
Location: Pittstown, NJ
Features: Hay production; 8ft 1 panel wide single axis trackers
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours, Event bookings, Scheduled events / tours
Contact: Shawn Sorrels, ss2628@njaes.rutgers.edu
Virginia
Agrivoltaics Pilot at Piedmont Environmental Council's Roundabout Meadows Community Farm
Location: Stone Ridge, Virginia
Features: Crops – Test project includes raised beds and in-ground plantings to test implementation on farmland and previously disturbed sites such as parking lots. All produce donated to local food pantries. Project incl
Agrivoltaics Pilot at Piedmont Environmental Council's Roundabout Meadows Community Farm
Location: Stone Ridge, Virginia
Features: Crops – Test project includes raised beds and in-ground plantings to test implementation on farmland and previously disturbed sites such as parking lots. All produce donated to local food pantries. Project includes full battery backup, giving the farm full "off grid" potential.
Tour Availability: Private tours, Scheduled events / tours
Contact: Sign up for a tour on SignUp Genius
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison Kegonsa Solar
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Features: Crops, ecosystem services research, other agribusiness activities or ancillary production or processing
Tour Availability: Public tours, Private tours, School group tours
Contact: Coming soon!
Looking for the Full Census of Agrivoltaics Sites?
Check out the InSPIRE Agrivoltaics Map
The Solar Farm Tours Map highlights sites that are open for tours and public learning experiences.
The InSPIRE Agrivoltaics Map serves a different purpose — it represents a national census of agrivoltaic installations across the United States. The map is continuously updated as new projects are developed and documented.
View the full census of agrivoltaic installations across the U.S. on the national InSPIRE Agrivoltaics Map.