ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,852, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to REM TEC S.R.L. (Asola, Italy).

"Plant for the production of electrical energy located on agricultural land with monitoring of crops on that land" was invented by Ronald Knoche (Garches, France) and Giancarlo Ghidesi (Asola, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Plant for the production of electrical energy comprising a support structure formed by support poles (2) aligned along a first axis (X) fixed to the ground, said structure being configured with a plurality of parallel rows (Fi) of such poles (2) with any orientation, resulting in the formation of a two-dimensional structure along said axis ...