L R AS Published on Sunday 24 September 2023 - n° 458 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Irrigation under agrivoltaic solar panels
France's TSE is inaugurating irrigation under agrivoltaic solar panels, which will enable 30% of the water to be used for irrigation.
L R AS Published on Sunday 17 September 2023 - n° 457 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Agrivoltaic installations have a lower cost of ownership with a tracker
Belgian researchers have found that agri-voltaic installations equipped with trackers work much better than projects with fixed structures. They found that
L R AS Published on Sunday 10 September 2023 - n° 456 - Categories:agrovoltaic
An agrivoltaic installation on a cherry orchard
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
L R AS Published on Sunday 10 September 2023 - n° 456 - Categories:agrovoltaic
In Italy, there are three categories of agrivoltaics!
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.
L R AS Published on Sunday 27 August 2023 - n° 454 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Sun'Agri presented the advantages of agrivoltaics for fruit trees
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.
AS Published on Monday 12 June 2023 - n° 449 - Categories:agrovoltaic
A different kind of agrivoltaics will emerge
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)".
AS Published on Monday 29 May 2023 - n° 447 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Two new agrivoltaic experiments
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.
AS Published on Saturday 27 May 2023 - n° 447 - Categories:agrovoltaic
More nuanced results from agrivoltaics on plants
The University of Hohenheim has analysed research into agrivoltaics (using a meta-analysis) to determine how agri-PV affects agricultural yields. It concludes:
L R AS Published on Monday 1 May 2023 - n° 443 - Categories:agrovoltaic
After fixed panels for agrivoltaics, soon concentrated panels?
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 :
AS Published on Saturday 1 April 2023 - n° 439 - Categories:agrovoltaic
A new way to make plants grow faster with PV
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,
AS Published on Sunday 12 March 2023 - n° 436 - Categories:agrovoltaic
More evidence of the benefits of agrivoltaics
Engineers at Cornell University in the US have proven that solar panels installed above vegetation have surface temperatures
L R AS Published on Monday 6 March 2023 - n° 435 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Agri-voltaics has its own research and innovation centre
A national centre for research and innovation on agri-voltaics has just been created on the initiative of INRAE. It should enable
AS Published on Monday 23 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:agrovoltaic
Agrivolatism would provide healthier and more abundant plants
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
AS Published on Monday 23 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:agrovoltaic
A charter to protect the farmer!
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.
AS Published on Sunday 22 January 2023 - n° 431 - Categories:agrovoltaic
An agrivoltaic experiment by TotalEnergies
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.