DoubleLand
DoubleLand supplies movable solar arrays engineered for ranches and farms, allowing landowners to generate electricity or lease revenue without taking acreage out of agricultural production. The low-to-ground, repositionable design supports tractor access, rotational grazing, and cover crop rotations while providing shade benefits like reduced water use and improved soil health.
- Energy
- Clean Technology
- Agriculture Technology
- Hardware
Funding
Founders
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Product
Problem
Ranches and farms often face pressure to diversify revenue streams, but traditional fixed solar installations take valuable acreage out of agricultural production. Dual-use solar options are typically costly, difficult to maintain, and interfere with farming operations such as grazing, irrigation, and equipment movement.
Solution
DoubleLand supplies movable solar arrays specifically engineered for agricultural settings, allowing ranchers and farmers to generate electricity or lease revenue while keeping their land in production. The arrays are mounted lower to the ground than conventional systems, which reduces maintenance costs and makes panels easily accessible. Their movable design lets operators relocate the solar structure to accommodate tractors, rotational grazing patterns, or cover crop rotations, so virtually no land is taken out of ag production. The shading from the panels also provides benefits such as reduced water use, accelerated aquifer replenishment, improved soil health, and reduced fertilizer needs, while the cooling effect can boost solar panel efficiency.
Target Audience
Primary customers are ranchers, dairy farmers, and crop farmers seeking to add solar revenue or on-site power without forfeiting productive agricultural land.
Features
- Movable solar array design that can be repositioned to allow tractor access and support rotational grazing or cover crop rotations
- Low-to-ground mounting that lowers maintenance costs and simplifies panel access compared to elevated dual-use systems
- Dual-purpose structure that serves as a shade canopy, reducing water requirements for shade-friendly forage or cover crops and preventing erosion
- Cooling effect from ground-level airflow that can increase solar panel efficiency
- Flexible economic model: landowners can either supplement income through a solar land lease or use the generated power internally with a locked-in rate for 25+ years