Energy Farm is developing Energy Farm Imperial Valley, a proposed dual-use agrivoltaic solar and green hydrogen platform in Imperial Valley, California, one of the highest solar resource regions in North America.
Learn MoreEnergy Farm proposes to combine three mutually reinforcing technologies on a single site: agrivoltaic solar, green hydrogen production, and water reuse. Each element strengthens the others.
Utility-scale solar arrays elevated to allow continued farming beneath and between the panels. The working agricultural operation continues in full production throughout the life of the project. Agrivoltaic design preserves the agricultural value of the land while generating clean power at scale.
A modular PEM electrolyzer facility powered entirely by on-site solar generation. No grid draw. No fossil fuel input. Hydrogen is produced using reclaimed water as feedstock, creating a circular resource pathway that reduces pressure on regional freshwater supplies. Production is designed to serve industrial offtake markets in Southern California.
The full platform is designed to operate entirely behind the meter at scale. No CAISO interconnection or utility power purchase agreement is required for the primary hydrogen production system. During the development phase, a pilot solar array will deliver clean energy to the IID grid under a Net Billing agreement, serving as a proof-of-concept for the broader platform.
Hydrogen production feedwater is sourced from reclaimed water rather than freshwater. This approach reduces project dependency on increasingly constrained regional water supplies, creates a productive use for water that might otherwise be discharged, and supports long-term water sustainability in one of California's most agriculturally productive regions.
Imperial Valley, California offers a rare combination of exceptional solar resource, established agricultural infrastructure, available water reuse capacity, and a utility committed to renewable energy integration. It is one of the most compelling locations in North America for integrated agrivoltaic and green hydrogen development.
David Platt is an infrastructure developer with a background in physical systems, specifically how they get permitted, funded, built, and operated. His career has moved through two infrastructure domains: telecommunications and clean energy.
At Crown Castle he spent nearly a decade managing the planning, permitting, and execution of regional fiber and small-cell deployments. Before that he founded Bamboo WiFi, a DAS network providing free public WiFi in Northern Liberties, Philadelphia. He holds two issued U.S. patents (US 10,846,688; US 11,288,746).