In april, over 2,000 acres of light voltage from the china nuclear refuelling agricultural photovoltaic power plant in the town of jizhou cedar cedar county, fell into the blue of the sky. The new model of “synthesis of photopharmaceuticals” allows the same land to produce both green electricity and potables。
At almost the same time, news was also received from the town of wu jia town, shanxi centre-yang county: under-forest, light-down planting awards were introduced, chinese medicine was subsidized at $400 per acre, the project was built to cover the entire period of 2026 and was expected to boost the harvest by 916 families。
The country's first 260-acre demonstration base of “houthillon company — medicines for complementarity” has begun to show benefits — the houng company, an eco-cultivated under the light voltage, with a potential of over $40,000。
One piece of land and two pieces of income, the most noteworthy new track for drug cultivation in 2026. But this business, can anyone really do it
I. How does the "one-size-fits-all" play
The logic of the complementarity of agricultural light is clear: the installation of photovoltaic components above agricultural land for power generation, and planting or farming below. Photovoltaic power is sold to the grid, and the tablets are sold to pharmacists, making two money each。
At the sabbatical base, the team of experts developed a system of cultivation in response to light changes and water fertilization problems caused by the luminous shades, and successfully screened the most suitable species under the tablet, skygate winter. The base has planned a 500-acre demonstration area of "pv+rain" and has formed a complete closed circle of seedlings, seedlings and demonstration of three main plates。
Light + winter
In lijiang, the light voltage is 3. 5 metres from the ground and 6 metres from the ground, and 40 to 60 per cent of the shade cover is just as likely to create the optimal growth environment for the glamorous hullon company. Experts from yunnan university of agriculture noted that such a design not only alleviated cold drought and drought in the highlands and increased the incidence of hollogeneity, but also significantly reduced the application of chemical pesticides and achieved eco-culture。
In guangxi, the expansion of 2580 acres of light-volt land has led to the development of a stereotypic model of “board-based power generation, tablet-based medicine” and the smooth planting of seedlings has enabled idle land to “live”, resulting in a triple increase in eco-efficiency, economic efficiency and social efficiency. In jiangxiji water, the agricultural light-complementarities project has also brought three tangible benefits to the villagers in terms of land-flowing, work-in-work and under-board cultivation. Zenium
Local practice has shown that agricultural complementarity is moving from conceptual to tangible benefits。
Ii. Policy additions and subsidies
The push of policy cannot be overlooked behind this “photo+medicine” boom。
The award policy of shanxi moo-bok town, with chinese medicine at $400 per acre, directly reduces the cost of prior inputs to growers. At the national level, the “bicarbon” target calls for an increase in the share of non-fossil energy consumption to 25 per cent by 2030, and for a sustained policy shift as the main source of clean electricity. Agricultural provinces such as shandong, jiangsu and anhui have introduced special subsidies, which provide double incentives for light-voltaics and agricultural output for agricultural complementary projects, with land rental subsidies of more than 50 per cent in some areas。
Market data also provide optimistic judgements: gross annual revenues from 1 mw photovoltaics are estimated to range from $600,000 to $1. 35 million, and annual revenues of 8,000 to 15,000 yuan per acre under photovoltaic + chinese pharmacist cultivation are well above traditional food cultivation。
The two pieces of income combined are really good on the books。
Iii. Can ordinary people follow
Looks tempting, but the threshold is not too low。
First, the selection of varieties is crucial. The light under the pv is weak and wet, and not all medicines can be planted. It took a dozen or so attempts to lock the sky into winter, and lijiang chose the cold-suffering huo huang company. The wrong species are chosen, and the particles may not be harvestable. High value-added varieties, such as iron platinum and sheep belly bacteria, are also performing well under the light volts, but the demand for cultivation techniques is high。
Secondly, technical barriers are not low. Under the light voltage, medicines are grown, light, temperature and humidity are different from the open air, and water fertilization requires precision control. A team of experts from the yunnan academy of agricultural sciences regularly arrives at the base and forms a complete technical system from seed processing to seedling classification, from root system conservation to pest control. It is extremely difficult for ordinary farmers to work alone。
Thirdly, the land threshold is raised. The composite land use policy for agricultural optical complementarity projects requires that photovoltaic arrays meet the conditions for agricultural production without changing land use and, in some areas, that agricultural output be no less than 20 per cent. This means that the model “only a few symbolic drugs, mainly generated by electricity”, is no longer viable。
In the light of the policy winds, future appraisals of agricultural output under the light voltage will only be increasingly rigorous. If you want to get in there, you have to figure out what's going on。
Who's in the layout
Most of the businesses that are running ahead are capital, skilled and accessible。
Behind the station is the quizhou road accessible medicines industry, which builds a complete closed circle from seed resources to cultivation models, building on more than 2,000 acres of land in china that can recycle agricultural photovoltaic plants. The lijiang base, which is the product of collaboration between yunnan agricultural university and the agricultural corporation, has developed two group standards, one item and the initial establishment of a system of standards for green cultivation, “hushion company - drug light complementarity”。
The city of gansu-nang has integrated specialty farming into the economic priorities of the forest, giving preference to land use, finance and technology. The guangxi institute of chinese medicine has also travelled to hong kong to exchange guidelines on the selection of varieties and cultivation techniques for specific practices such as “on-board power generation and on-board medicine”。
In a word, this is the track of the “regular army”。
At the end
In april, guizhou lulls and the skygates under the light voltage are growing. The sun shines on the blue volts, and under them is green. The same land, two outputs, sounds beautiful。
But the essence of this business is to tie together “photo-soft certainty gains” and “uncertain proceeds of pharmaceuticals”. The revenues from electricity generation are stable, but the availability and sale of medicines are still testing the techniques and vision of growers。
In 2026, agricultural light complementarity was becoming the hot track for chinese medicine, but the rate of access to the cake was probably those “new farmers” with skills, funds and channels. If ordinary farmers want to participate, the most realistic path is to join a cooperative, work with large businesses, share their share of the profits with other people's skills and channels。
Where you're from today, is there a pattern of "photo-medicine" cultivation? Do you think this new track is an opportunity or a knockout? Welcome to the comment section
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