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Agrivoltaic installations have a lower cost of ownership with a tracker
Published on Sunday 17 September 2023 - n° 457
Belgian researchers have found that agri-voltaic installations equipped with trackers work much better than projects with fixed structures. They found that
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An agrivoltaic installation on a cherry orchard
Published on Sunday 10 September 2023 - n° 456
Sun'Agri has just inaugurated a new agrivoltaic system on a 2.7 hectare cherry orchard in Loriol-sur-Drôme (26). The system has an installed electrical output of
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In Italy, there are three categories of agrivoltaics!
Published on Sunday 10 September 2023 - n° 456
The Italian Council of State has clarified the rules governing agrivoltaic installations, making a distinction between agrivoltaic installations and conventional ground-mounted photovoltaic plants. The regulatory framework is therefore significantly different.
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Sun'Agri presented the advantages of agrivoltaics for fruit trees
Published on Sunday 27 August 2023 - n° 454
Sun'Agri presented the advantages of agrivoltaics on fruit trees in the Bouches du Rhöne and Drôme regions: sheltered by panels, the trees (apple, cherry and nectarine) are able to grow their own fruit.
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A different kind of agrivoltaics will emerge
Published on Monday 12 June 2023 - n° 449
Italian researchers have compared two types of agriculture: traditional agriculture and vertical agriculture in greenhouses using solar energy. Their aim was to increase land use.
They defined solar greenhouses as "closed agrivoltaics (CA)".
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Two new agrivoltaic experiments
Published on Monday 29 May 2023 - n° 447
Two agrivoltaic experiments are being carried out in Germany and Austria.
In Baden-Württemberg, the third LVWO pilot plant has begun producing electricity and growing berries in a pilot plant.
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More nuanced results from agrivoltaics on plants
Published on Saturday 27 May 2023 - n° 447
The University of Hohenheim has analysed research into agrivoltaics (using a meta-analysis) to determine how agri-PV affects agricultural yields. It concludes:
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After fixed panels for agrivoltaics, soon concentrated panels?
Published on Monday 1 May 2023 - n° 443
Concentrated photovoltaics in agriculture offers advantages in terms of energy efficiency and shade mitigation over conventional photovoltaics, according to some researchers, while paying attention to the higher initial costs
The benefits :
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A new way to make plants grow faster with PV
Published on Saturday 1 April 2023 - n° 439
The University of Los Angeles (UCLA) has discovered that growing plants under semi-transparent organic solar cells not only generates electricity, but also promotes plant growth.
Organic solar cells are made from carbon-based materials,
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More evidence of the benefits of agrivoltaics
Published on Sunday 12 March 2023 - n° 436
Engineers at Cornell University in the US have proven that solar panels installed above vegetation have surface temperatures
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Agri-voltaics has its own research and innovation centre
Published on Monday 6 March 2023 - n° 435
A national centre for research and innovation on agri-voltaics has just been created on the initiative of INRAE. It should enable
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Agrivolatism would provide healthier and more abundant plants
Published on Monday 23 January 2023 - n° 431
Eighteen months after the installation of an agrivoltaic structure in Granges-sur-Lot (47) by Sun'Agri, it is time for results. The aubergines obtained
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A charter to protect the farmer!
Published on Monday 23 January 2023 - n° 431
Thirty members of the Green Platform are committed to values of general interest. They affirm their conception of agricultural and territorial projects, without discrimination on the solutions.
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An agrivoltaic experiment by TotalEnergies
Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431
TotalEnergies currently has more than 140 agrivoltaic projects in various stages of development. Initial results show an increase in agricultural yields on field crops and a reduction in water stress.
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How can solar panels affect the growth of soybeans?
Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431
One farm has had to cope with very hot and dry summers over the past 10 years. French solar developer TSE has installed a "farm canopy", which is a large canopy equipped with rotating solar panels