Belgian researchers have found that agri-voltaic installations equipped with trackers work much better than projects with fixed structures. They found that

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

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.

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.

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)".

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.

The University of Hohenheim has analysed research into agrivoltaics (using a meta-analysis) to determine how agri-PV affects agricultural yields. It concludes:

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 :

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,

Engineers at Cornell University in the US have proven that solar panels installed above vegetation have surface temperatures

A national centre for research and innovation on agri-voltaics has just been created on the initiative of INRAE. It should enable

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

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.

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.

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